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Exploring the Freedom Dreams of Past Generations: Culminating Lesson
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One 50-min class periodSubject
- History
- Social Studies
Grade
9–12Language
English — USPublished
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In this lesson, students choose three or four primary source documents encountered throughout their year-long study of US history in order to analyze how the individual or groups in the documents pursued their freedom dreams. Students will use these examples to envision the kinds of positive change they would like to see in their own communities, the nation, and the world, and reflect on the tools they need to enact such change.
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