Exploring My Community: Communities Long Ago
Social Studies Collection
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10m
Take students on a journey to early Native American communities, Colonial towns, and early American cities to explore the variety of communities, as they existed in the past. They’ll learn how schools of the past are different from their own. They’ll discover how inventions impacted transportation, which in turn changed the face of communities.
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