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What's Mongolia Really Like? Lesson PlanWhat's Mongolia Really Like? Lesson Plan
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What's Mongolia Really Like?

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Young scholars look at rural Mongolian nomadic culture through the eyes of a Peace Corps Volunteer and examine the dynamics of a people in transition. They give one important reason for migration from a rural to an urban setting and explain the lifestyle choices facing nomadic herders in Mongolia.

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3rd - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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