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The African-American Family in Crisis Lesson PlanThe African-American Family in Crisis Lesson Plan
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The African-American Family in Crisis

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Students create a definition for family that is applicable to the African American. The make a collage made up of family pictures and present it to the class giving a brief explanation of the family members present in the collage. They interview a relative or family friend who has migrated from a Southern rural town.

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6th - 8th
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Health
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