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Lesson Plan: Using Persuasive Writing to Build Understanding

This lesson encourages students to look at the effects of hate crimes on a community’s sense of justice. By using persuasive writing, specifically letters to the editor as the vehicle for reflection, students can dig into the emotional repercussions of hate crimes on a personal and community level.

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