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This is Not a Drill

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Students examine the events of Pearl Harbor through photographs, timelines and primary source documents. They research many different sources and discover the need to have more than one point of view. They write a newspaper article summarizing the events.

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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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