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Who's Who In America? Multicultural Achievers A to Z Past & Present Lesson PlanWho's Who In America? Multicultural Achievers A to Z Past & Present Lesson Plan
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Who's Who In America? Multicultural Achievers A to Z Past & Present

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Students are introduced to important people who have made contributions to society from different cultural groups. As a class, they develop a definition for diversity and work together to make a comparison chart to discover how people are different. To end the lesson, they read about the contributions of Arthur Ashe and write about their favorite sport.

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multiculturalism, the united states

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america, multicultural, english language arts
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