Elementary

By Michael G. Lovorn
The featured lesson uses Woody Guthrie’s “Dust Storm Disaster” to study the Dust Bowl from the perspective of those most affected.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7304/7304173.pdf

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A Position Statement of National Council for the Social Studies
© Copyright 2007 National Council for the Social Studies. All rights reserved
This position statement, which was prepared by the NCSS Task Force on Intelligent Design, was approved by the NCSS Board of Directors in May 2007.

Introduction

(C)1997 National Council for the Social Studies. May be reproduced without permission.

Prepared by the NCSS Task Force on Character Education in the Social Studies, Approved by NCSS Board of Directors, Fall 1996

Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation.
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