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Literature Focus Unit: Civil War

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Fourth graders complete a two-week unit on the U.S. Civil War and the Underground Railroad. They read the books "Follow the Drinking Gourd" and "Pink and Say," complete story maps, and dramatize a scene from "Follow the Drinking Gourd." Students also role-play friendship scenarios and write a friendship poem.

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friendship, the underground railroad, fugitive slaves, follow the drinking gourd, the united states civil war

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4th
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English Language Arts
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