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Docsteach: Watching What? Lesson PlanDocsteach: Watching What? Lesson Plan
Publisher
US National Archives
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9th - 10th
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Science
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Lexile Measures
1000L
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Docsteach: Watching What?

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Learners will hypothesize what the president and cabinet members were watching on television by analyzing facial expressions, and body language, and the physical environment. Students will learn that President Ronald Reagan and his staff were watching a televised replay of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion in January of 1986.

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ronald reagan

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docsteach, shuttle explosion, space shuttle explosion, challenger shuttle, challenger explosion, president reagan, president ronald reagan, space shuttle challenger, space shuttle challenger explosion, challenger disaster, historic photographs

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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