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Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Zoot Suit Riots Lesson PlanSheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Zoot Suit Riots Lesson Plan
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Stanford University
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9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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1000L
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Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Zoot Suit Riots

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[Free Registration/Login Required] Like other big cities, Los Angeles has had its share of unrest, even riots in some instances. In this lesson, the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 are investigated to figure out what caused the event.

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historical investigation, racial discrimination, racial tension, los angeles in wwii, los angeles in world war ii, los angeles riots, mexican-americans in world war ii, primary source, zoot suit riots

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