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Life in a One-Room Arkansas Schoolhouse

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Young scholars read primary source documents to examine what a typical school day was like in the early 1900s. They discover how African-American children were taught differently than whites. They compare and contrast past school days to modern school days.

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4th - 7th
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Social Studies & History
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