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Eleventh graders research entertainment and recreation in the early 20th century using the American Memory collections and From the Hidewood: Memories of a Dakota Neighborhood, a book by Robert Amerson reflecting life in Deuel County, South Dakota, during the late 1920s and 1930s. Students then compare the rural experience for this time period to the national experience and to their own experience. .

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secondary source analysis, primary source analysis, primary sources, secondary sources

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primary and secondary sources, research methodology, english language arts
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11th
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English Language Arts
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14 days
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