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Pbs: American Experience: The Center of the World: Teacher's Guide ActivityPbs: American Experience: The Center of the World: Teacher's Guide Activity
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9th - 10th
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Pbs: American Experience: The Center of the World: Teacher's Guide

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Students will have an opportunity to create memorials at the World Trade Center site to commemorate the September 11th attacks. Come and check it out.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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