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Thinking About Diversity: One Student's View

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Pupils are asked how would you describe your yourself (Racial/Ethnic). Students read Little Boxes, where it is discussed that the author describes that backgrounds of her parents. They continue to read where they still need to come up with an profile of what the Racial background of the author.

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anne frank, the holocaust, world war ii

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3rd - 12th
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English Language Arts
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