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Lesson 3: Building Background Knowledge: Understanding Bicultural Identities and Experiences, Part 2

California CCSS: Focus Standards

Compare how a poem and an informational article present the experience of living between two cultures.
Use contrast language and textual evidence to compare how each author presents bicultural identity.
Read verse and informational sentences fluently, adjusting phrasing to line breaks and punctuation.

What is blood, and how does it work as a symbol of both family ties and our shared humanity?
What is culture, and how does it shape our identity and sense of belonging especially when we move between more than one world?

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Red, White, and Whole

Rajani LaRocca

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