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"The Nutcracker" From the Royal Ballet Lesson Plan"The Nutcracker" From the Royal Ballet Lesson Plan
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"The Nutcracker" From the Royal Ballet

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Middle schoolers explore "The Nutcracker" ballet. They conduct Internet research, watch "The Nutcracker" performed by the Royal Ballet, tell the story to a younger child, and write a letter to the person who first reviewed "The Nutcracker" in 1892.

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6th - 8th
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Visual & Performing Arts
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