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MonthlyNewsletter
Volume7,Issue11November2017
Welcome!WelcometothestudentsandteachersofNatick,Massachusetts!We’rehappyyouareusingInfotopia.info,Infotrek.infoandKidtopia.infoforyourresearchneeds!
November11thisVeteransDayandRemembranceDayformostcountries.Doesyourschoolhaveanassemblytohonorveteransinthecommunity?Forresources,checkoutourwebdirectoryat:http://www.infotopia.info/veterans_day.htmlYoucanfindinterviewswithveterans,songsfromWorldWarIandII,postersfromthewars,craftideasandotherwaystothankveteransfortheirservice.
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• UsingourThanksgivingresources(seePlimouthPlantation),youcantakeontheroleofa“historydetective”toinvestigatewhatreallyhappenedatthefamous1621celebration.
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