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Understanding the Declaration of Independence

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Students identify and interpret the Declaration of Independence and the rights and privileges demanded in the document. They also identify how those rights and privileges have affected our history. Students then research about the reluctant author of it, Thomas Jefferson, and prepare an oral report paraphrasing an excerpt of the Declaration of Independence.

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paraphrasing, summarizing, human rights, civil rights, the declaration of independence

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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 day
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