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Primary Sources and Protagonists: A Native American Literature Unit Lesson PlanPrimary Sources and Protagonists: A Native American Literature Unit Lesson Plan
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Introduce your middle schoolers to the lives of past Native Americans. First, learners work together to put photographs in a sequence. Then, using their sequence, they create stories to share with the whole class. No matter how old your learners are, they'll enjoy sitting on the ground and listening to the stories. 

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literary themes, literary elements, primary source analysis, primary sources, native americans, sequences, patterns

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native americans, primary sources, connect ideas, perspective, sequence, themes, english language arts
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5th - 8th
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English Language Arts
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