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Harriet Tubman

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Learners illustrate a scene from the life of Harriet Tubman, imitating the style of Jacob Lawrence. Students organize the facts they select about their person into categories and develop them into a project using Web page publication software.

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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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2 days
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