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Students learn about John F. Kennedy and his ideas about service as a prompt [...] »
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Help students reflect on the purpose of learning history and of education in [...] »
Help students understand recent immigration history by exploring photographs [...] »
Political cartoons are often conceptually complex, but offer valuable [...] »
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