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Teaching Surviving

Surviving

Marie Lu, an author of young adult books, writes about her experience as a young child growing up in China during a time of political unrest and her move to America. Cover Art: Pexels / Markus Winkler

Marie Lu
"Surviving" by Marie Lu, copyright © 2018 by Marie Lu; from HOPE NATION: YA AUTHORS SHARE PERSONAL MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION edited by Rose Brock. Used by permission of Philomel, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House L

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How do historical events shape our perspective?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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