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The Great Chicago Fire: The O'Leary Hearing Lesson PlanThe Great Chicago Fire: The O'Leary Hearing Lesson Plan
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The Great Chicago Fire: The O'Leary Hearing

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Students dramatized the O'Leary hearing regarding the Chicago fire using the transcript from the original hearings as a script.

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fire, chicago, illinois

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chicago, fire, illinois, o'leary hearing, social studies
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Grade
5th - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategy
Simulation

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