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Maap | Mapping the African American Past WebsiteMaap | Mapping the African American Past Website
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Columbia University
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9th - 10th
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Maap | Mapping the African American Past

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MAAP lessons, developed at Teachers College, Columbia University, help teachers at all levels engage in content through stories about building community, resisting slavery, and contributing to New York City's development. Lessons are geared towards 8th grade to 12th grade students. For many lessons, a 4th grade adaptation has also been provided.

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building community, african american culture

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historic maps, resisting slavery, african american, maap, new york city development, history of new york city

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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