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Sunday Inspiration #6: The Cotton Club and Context as a Strategy to Deepen Engagement

Sunday Inspiration #6: The Cotton Club and Context as a Strategy to Deepen Engagement

Update: 2024-03-17
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Happy Sunday! In this episode we're looking at how to use historical context to bring more diversity into our conversation by looking at The Cotton Club and The Great Gatsby as a use case.

Resources from this episode:

Prohibition-Era Gangster Project: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Great-Gatsby-Prohibition-Era-Research-Presentation-Project-9441986


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Sunday Inspiration #6: The Cotton Club and Context as a Strategy to Deepen Engagement

Sunday Inspiration #6: The Cotton Club and Context as a Strategy to Deepen Engagement

Danielle Hicks, English Classroom Architect

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