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Literary Criticism

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Students evaluate and debate whether movies, television shows, and other mass media cause violent behavior in students and whether books are the same as or different from these other media in their potential for causing violent behavior in Students.

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Grade
6th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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1 hr
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