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4th - 6th grade |
Orphan Trains |
Grade 4-8 IV.B. Historical Skills: Historical Resources Grade 4-8 IV.C. Historical Skills: Historical Inquiry |
Citizen Action Lesson Plan - utilizes cooperative grouping Primary Source Lesson Plan - utilizes cooperative grouping, contains a slideshow of pictures from a woman who came to Minnesota on an orphan train |
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4th - 7th grade |
Orphan Trains |
Grades 4-8 I.G. US History: Reshaping the Nation and the Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1916 Grades 4-8 IV. B. Historical Skills: Historical Resources Grades 4-8 IV. C. Historical Skills: Historical Inquiry
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Citizen Action Lesson Plan - includes collaborative groups, current organization websites Large Group Lesson Plan - includes collaborative work and critical thinking skills |
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2nd - 4th grade |
Orphan Trains
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K-3 I.A. US History: Family Life Today and in the Past K-3 B. Historical Skills: Historical Resources |
Lesson Plan - vocabulary introduction, reading of the story and personalized writing assignment |
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