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Historical Background of Nightjohn Lesson Plan

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Eighth graders use first-hand slave narratives that show conditions of slavery. They paste text into Appleworks and publish with a picture clipped from web sites. They create a group account of life during slavery to prepare for reading the novel Nightjohn.

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8th
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English Language Arts
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