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Artifact Exploration

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Students develop an understanding of the ways in which different people can use, relate to, and understand an object. Students look at each artifact collected in this lesson plan. For each artifact, the students describe how members of a po

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Grade
11th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Unit Plans
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
Year
2002

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