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Read All About It! Events and People of the 1930s and 1940s That Shaped California and the Nation. Lesson PlanRead All About It! Events and People of the 1930s and 1940s That Shaped California and the Nation. Lesson Plan
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Read All About It! Events and People of the 1930s and 1940s That Shaped California and the Nation.

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Learners look carefully at four photographs by Dorothea Lange and discuss them in terms of what is depicted and what she may have wanted to communicate. They review what they learned about the Dust Bowl, the Depression, the war era, and the growth of

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Grade
3rd - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Duration
4 days
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