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School Life Today and in the Past at Freyberger School

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Students compare and contrast school life today with that of Pennsylvania in the 1900's. In this school life lesson students create a description of a typical one-room schoolhouse. They think critically about attending school in a multi-grade one-room schoolhouse in the 1900's in Pennsylvania.

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1900's america, colonial america, one room schoolhouse, pennsylania, physical descriptions, social studies
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5th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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