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Friday (45 min) |
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Week 1
Spring
2001 Assignments
8/13 & 14--Welcome Back
Students!
Classwork: Discuss "History Can Be Fun"
Discuss Syllabus, Complete Student Information/Textbook Responsibilty
Forms
Note
to Parents
Issue "The Americans"
textbook
Chapter
1 Objectives
Chapter
1 Summary
Discuss "All
American Quiz"
Discuss Map:
Territorial Expansion of the USA 1776-1917, Timeline: 32-1620,
Map: USA Physiography, Map: Annual Rainfall, Timeline: 1300-1590,
Map: Migration Routes of First Americans, Map: First Americans,
Map: Transatlantic Explorations and Map: Spanish America
History
QCC's
Early
America
Homework: Read pp 20-33, p 34:
17-20
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15/16--Classwork: Discuss
"Columbus:
His Name is History"
Discuss Map:
Native American Cultures, Map:Trade Routes with Asia, Map: Spanish
Explorers, Map: Columbian Exchange, Map: European Settlements,
Map: European Occupation of North America, Chart: New World &
Old World Crops, Charts: Exploration of the Americas, Map:European
Exploration and Map: Early Explorations
Homework: Read pp 44-61, p 62:
13-20
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17--Classwork: Discuss
"Jamestown:
America's 1st English Settlement"
Discuss Map:
Colonizing the Chesapeake, Map: Jamestown, Map: European Settlements
in America, Map: Major Colonial Economies, Map: The Slave Trade
and Map: Triangular Trade Routes
Chapter
2 Objectives
Chapter
2 Summary
History
of Slavery Timeline
Lonely
Planet Guide to American History
Homework: "Three
Worlds" Puzzle
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Week 2
20/21--Classwork: Discuss "William Bradford:
He Desired Religious Freedom"
Discuss Map:
African Slave Trade, Chart: Africans in the Colonies, Map: Frontier
Expansion, Map: Salem Village, Map: Colonizing New England, Chart:
Puritan Migration, Map: Puritan Migration and Map: Indian Land
Cessions
Video Questions: "500
Nations: Clash of Cultures"
Discuss "Three Worlds"
Puzzle
Chapter
3 Objectives
Chapter
3 Summary
Homework: Read pp 64-76, p 90:
11-15
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22/23--Classwork: Discuss "William Penn: His
Vision Fostered Social Equality"
Discuss Chart:
13 Colonies, Map: 13 Colonies, Maps: European Land Claims in
1754, Chart: Colonial Society Pyramid and Map: Colonial Economy
Discuss Video Questions
American
Colonies: 1763-1776
The
American Colonies
Quiz: "American
Colonies Emerge" Puzzle
Homework: Read pp 77-89, p 90:
16-20
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24--Classwork: Discuss
"Samuel
Adams: He Helped Bring About the American Revolution"
Discuss Map:
Seven Years War in America and Chart: French & Indian War
Discuss "The
Colonies Come of Age" Puzzle
The
Colonial Period
The
French & Indian War
Homework: Prepare for Chapters
2 & 3 Test
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Week 3
27/28--Classwork: Review for
Test: Jeopardy Game
Test: Chapters 2 & 3
Read Destination
USA: History
Homework: Read pp 92-103, p
120: 11-15
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29/30--Classwork: Discuss
"Thomas
Paine: His Prose Inspired Freedom"
Video Questions: Thomas
Jefferson
Issue GGT study books
Discuss Academic
Fair Projects
The
Declaration of Independence
The
Road to Independence
The
Revolutionary War
Chapter
4 Objectives
Chapter
4 Summary
Homework: Read pp 107-119, p
120: 16-20
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31--Discuss
"Thomas
Jefferson: He Helped Shape a Nation"
Thomas
Jefferson
Discuss Video Questions
Homework: "American
Revolution" Puzzle
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Week 4
3--Monday
is Labor Day
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4/5--Classwork: Discuss "George Washington:
Slaveholder"
Discuss Timeline:
1607-1783, Chart: Key Battles of the Revolutionary War, Maps:
Battles in the North, South & West in the Revolutionary War,
Chart: The War for Independence, Chart: The American Revolution,
Graph: Colonial Exports in 1770 and Graph: Colonial Population
in 1775 and Timeline:1754-1787
British
Colonial Restraints
Thomas
Paine
Video Questions--George
Washington
George
Washington
George
Washington
Discuss "American Revolution"
Puzzle
Key
Events in Revolutionary War
The
Articles of Confederation
The
New Nation: 1783-1815
Chapter
5 Objectives
Chapter
5 Summary
Homework: Read pp 124-141, p
142: 11-20
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(95 minutes due to holiday schedule)
6/7--Classwork: Discuss "James Madison: He
Helped Build a Nation"
Discuss: Chart:
Checks & Balances, Chart: The Federal System, Charts: First
Governments of the USA, Chart: Forms of Government, Chart: Constitutional
Convention, Timeline: 1776-1825, Chart: Articles of Confederation
& Constitution and Timeline: Creation of the Constitution,
Graphic: Land Ordinance of 1785, Map: Northwest Ordinance of
1787, Map: European Influence in North America in 1783 and Chart:
The Federal System
James
Madison
Discuss Video Questions
U.S. Constitution
The
US Constitution
Articles
of Confederation vs. the Constitution
The
Formation of the National Government
Homework: "Shaping
A New Nation" puzzle
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Week 5
10/11--Classwork: Discuss "The Federalist Papers:
Blueprints for the Constitution"
Discuss Chart:
How a Bill Becomes a Law, Chart: The Government of the United
States, Chart: The Executive Cabinet, Chart: The Federal Court
System, Map: Emancipation in the North, Graph: Population in
1790 and Map: Federalist vs Anti-Federalist Strongholds
The
Federalist Papers
Discuss "Shaping A New
Nation" Puzzle
Homework: Read pp 144-176, p
168: 1-15
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12/13-- Classwork:
Timeline 1763-1789--Review for Test
Test: Chapters 4 & 5
Homework: Read pp 170-181, p
194: 11-16
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14--Classwork: Discuss "Election of 1796:
The First Real Election"
John
Adams
Chapter
6 Objectives
Chapter
6 Summary
Discuss
Academic
Fair Projects
History
of Slavery Timeline
Homework: "Federalist
Era" Puzzle
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Week 6
17/18--Classwork: Discuss "Alexander Hamilton:
He Made Sure the US Would Be Strong"
Discuss Graphic:
Bank of the US, Chart: Hamilton's Financial Plan, Chart: Bill
of Rights, Chart: The Amendment Process, Maps: Election of 1800,
Map: Western Land Cessions, Map: Lewis & Clark Expedition
and Map: Exploring the Louisiana Purchase, Graphic: Cotton Revolution,
Chart: Slave Imports 1601-1810 and Timeline: 1789-1823
Discuss "Federalist Era"
Puzzle
First
Years of the Union
Homework: Read pp 182-193, p
194: 17-20
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19/20--Classwork: Discuss "The Accidental Electors"
Discuss Map:
Major Battles of the War of 1812, Chart: War of 1812, Map: Removal
of Native Americans, Graph: Exports & Imports 1796-1815,
Maps: Missouri Compromise, Maps: Cities in 1820 and 1860, and
Chart: Monroe Doctrine
Video Questions: "500
Nations: Removal"
The
War of 1812
War
of 1812 Events
Westward
Expansion and Regional Differences
Homework: Read pp 196-208, p
220: 11-15
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21--Classwork: Discuss
"John Marshall:
Father of the Court"
Discuss Video Questions
Westward
Expansion
Chapter
7 Objectives
Chapter
7 Summary
Homework: "Early
19th Century" Puzzle
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Week 7
24/25--Classwork: Discuss "Henry Clay: Expert
on the Art of Compromise"
Henry
Clay
Video Questions: Erie
Canal
Discuss "Early 19th Century"
Puzzle
Homework: Read pp 209-219, p
220: 16-20
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26/27--Classwork: Discuss "Daniel Webster: The
Political Leader with the Golden Tongue" &
Father &
Son Presidencies"
Discuss Map
of Roads & Canals in 1840, Chart: Industrial Revolution,
Chart: Evolution of Political Parties, Map: Relocation of Indian
Tribes and Chart: American Industrial Revolution
Discuss Video Questions
Discuss
Academic
Fair Projects
Pre-Civil
War
Homework: "Balancing
Nationalism & Sectionalism" puzzle
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28--Classwork: Discuss
"Andrew
Jackson: He Was Dedicated to the Common Man"
Andrew
Jackson
Discuss "Balancing Nationalism
& Sectionalism" Puzzle
Homework: Prepare for Chapters
6 & 7 Test
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Week 8
1/2--Classwork: Review for Test--Timeline:
1789-1840
Test: Chapters 6 & 7
Read
Black
History Timeline
Homework: Read pp 222-234, p
248: 11-16
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3/4--Classwork: Discuss "Lucretia Mott: She
Sought Equality & Freedom"
Video Questions--The Underground
Railroad, Parts One
& Two
Chapter
8 Objectives
Chapter
8 Summary
Homework: Read pp 235-247, p
248: 17-20
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(Thursday schedule of classes)
5--Classwork: Discuss "Horace Mann: He Helped
Build the Public School System"
History
of Slavery Timeline
Homework: "Reforming
American Society" Puzzle
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Week 9
(Supply Teacher: October 8)
8/9--Classwork: Discuss "1846: The Way We
Were"
Video Questions: Mexican-American
War
Key
Events of Mexican-American War
Discuss "Reforming American
Society" Puzzle
Manifest
Destiny
Chapter
9 Objectives
Chapter
9 Summary
Homework: Read pp 252-267, p
278: 11-15
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10/11--Classwork: Discuss
"Less to
Celebrate: Gold Rush of 1849"
Discuss Video Questions
Video Questions: Gold
Rush of 1849
Homework: Read pp 268-277, p
278: 16-20
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12--Classwork: Discuss
"Elizabeth
Cady Stanton: Her Determination Helped Secure Women's Rights"
Discuss Chart:
Reform Movement, Battles of Mexican War, Graph, Map: Oregon Boundary
Dispute, Map: The Texas Revolution, Map: USA Growth to 1853,
Timeline: 1820-1857, Chart:: Westward Movement, Chart Major Treaties
1842-1853, Map: Trails to the West and Map: The Underground Railroad
Discuss Video Questions
Sectional
Conflict
Homework: "Manifest
Destiny" Puzzle
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Week 10
15-Planning Day
(Friday Schedule of Classes--PSAT
to be held 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th hour)
Homework: Prepare for Test
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17/18--Classwork: Discuss "Dorothea Dix: Her
Resolve Improved Care For the Mentally Ill"
Discuss Map:
Legal Status of Slavery 1776-1861, Graph: Slave Population by
State in 1790 & 1850, Graph of European Immigration, Maps:
Cotton Production in 1820 & 1860, Chart and Expanding Education
Discuss "Manifest Destiny"
Puzzle
Review for Test: Timeline 1820-1850
Homework: Prepare for Test
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19--Classwork: Test--Chapters
8 & 9
Read Women's
Rights Timeline
Homework: "The
Union in Peril" Puzzle
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Week 11
22/23--Classwork: Discuss "John Brown: He Gave
His Life for Freedom"
Discuss Map:
Railroad Growth 1850-1860, Map: Roads & Canals in 1860, Chart:
Graph: Population Growth 1820-1860, Graph: Cotton Production
& Exports 1800-1860, Map: Slave Population 1860, Map: Status
of Slavery in Territories in 1850s, Compromise of 1850, Chart:
Compromise of 1850, Map: Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, and Chart:
Debate Over Slavery
Discuss
Academic
Fair Projects
Video Questions: "Slavery
and the Opposition"
Compromise
of 1850
Chapter
10 Objectives
Chapter
10 Summary
Homework: Read pp 280-294, p
308: 11-15
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24/25--Classwork: Discuss
"Abraham
Lincoln: The Great Communicator"
Discuss Map:
Secession of States 1860-1861, Map: Secession: (For & Against
in the South,) Chart: North & South in 1860 and Charts: The
Civil War
Discuss Video Questions
Video Questions: "Abraham
Lincoln"
Homework: Read pp 295-307, p
308: 16-20
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26--Classwork: Discuss
"Abraham
Lincoln: He Preserved the Union"
Discuss Video Questions
Discuss "The Union in Peril"
Puzzle
Homework: "Civil
War" Puzzle
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Week 12
29/30--Classwork: Discuss "Why Men Joined Up
in the Civil War"
Discuss Map:
Election of 1860 and Graph: North vs. South
Key
Events & Battles of the Civil War
Chapter
11 Objectives
Chapter
11 Summary
Video Questions: "Foot
Soldier--The Yankees"
Homework: Read pp 310-322, p
346: 11-14
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31/1--Classwork: Discuss
"Atlanta Prospers 125 Years
After Sherman's Fire"
Discuss Video Questions
Video Questions: "Civil
War Draft Riots"
Confederate
States of America
Homework: Read pp 323-345, p
346: 15-20
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2--Classwork: Discuss
"Landmarks
in Black Military History"
Discuss Video Questions
Discuss "Civil War"
Puzzle
Civil
War in America
Make-up Assignment #1: Write
an Essay Summarizing Howard
Zinn's Interview
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Week 13
(Tuesday is Election Day
and a Holiday)
Monday, November 5--Friday schedule
of classes
5--Classwork: Discuss "Atlanta: The City
That Made Itself Up" & "The South's Hidden
Heritage"
Discuss Map:
Civil War in the East 1861-1862, Map: Civil War in the West 1861-1862,
Map: Civil War in the East 1863, Map: Vicksburg 1863, Sherman's
March to the Sea 1864-1865 and Map: Final Virginia Campaign 1864-1865
Homework: Prepare for Test
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7/8--Classwork: Review for Chapters
10 & 11 Test --Timeline 1850-1865
Chapters 10 & 11 Test
Read USA
Factbook 2000
Homework: Read pp 348-365, p
374: 11-17
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9--Classwork: Discuss "Atlanta: Reconstruction
Transformed the City"
Discuss GGT
Discuss Academic
Fair
Growth
& Transformation
America:
1865-1900
Homework: "Reconstruction
Era" Puzzle
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Week 14
12/13--Classwork: Discuss "Johnson's Trial:
Two Bitter Months"
Discuss Chart:
Reconstruction, Map: Reconstruction of the Union, Chart: Reconstruction
Legislation and Map: Abolition of Slavery 1777-1865
Video Questions: Frederick
Douglass
Chapter
12 Objectives
Chapter
12 Summary
Homework: Read pp 366-373, p
374: 18-20
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14/15--Classwork: Discuss "Failing the 1868
Test" & "Election
of 1876: A Sure Hand Can Save the President"
Discuss Map:
Sharecropping in 1880, Map: Black Population in 1880, Electon
of 1876, Graphs: Southern Agriculture 1850-1900, Map: Election
of 1876 and Chart: Election of 1876
Discuss Video Questions
GGT
Puzzle #1
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16-Classwork: Discuss "Creative Destruction
and the Web"
Discuss Academic
Fair
Discuss Reconstruction Era Puzzle
The
Gilded Age: 1876-1900
Homework: "Struggle
for the West" Puzzle
Make-up Assignment #2: Write
an Essay Summarizing Eric
Foner's Interview
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Thanksgiving Week
19/20--Classwork: Discuss "Rating
the Presidents: A Conservative's Opinion, part 1"
Discuss Chart:
Railroads 1831-1900, Chart: Railroads 1862-1900, Chart: Transcontinental
Railroad, Map: Transcontinental Railroads
Video Questions: Railroads
That Tamed the West
Chapter
13 Objectives
Chapter
13 Summary
Homework: Read pp 378-393, p
406: 11-16
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21/22--Thanksgiving
Holidays |
23--Thanksgiving Holidays |
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Week 15
26/27--Classwork: Discuss "Some (1870's) Depressions
Aren't So Bad"
Discuss Map:
Election of 1896, Map: Mining & Cattle 1860-1890, Map: Settlement
of USA by 1890 and Chart: Westward Movement, Map: US Army-Native
American Clashes in the West, Map: Native American Land Loss
1784-1890 and Map: Native American Reservations in 1890
Discuss Video Questions
Video Questions: "500
Nations: Struggle for the West"
Timeline
of Events in the West
Homework: Read pp 394-405, p
406: 17-20
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28/29--Classwork: Discuss
"A Century
of Change in Populist Politics"
Discuss Video Questions
Discuss "Struggle for the
West" Puzzle
Video Questions: "The
Indian Wars"
Westward
Expansion
Homework: "Industrial
Age" Puzzle
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30--Classwork: Discuss
"Georgia
Democrats Overcome Bitter History of Racist Politics"
Discuss Video Questions
Discontent
and Reform
GGT
Puzzle #2
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Week 16
3/4--Classwork: Discuss "A Century of Renewal"
Discuss Chart:
19th Century Labor Unions, Graph: Work Stoppages 1881-1895, Chart:
The Rise of Industrial America, Chart: Industrial Growth, Graph:
Corporate Mergers 1895-1905, Cartoon: The Monster Monopoly and
Chart: Horizontal Consolidation & Vertical Integration
Video Questions--Andrew
Carnegie
Andrew
Carnegie
Chapter
14 Objectives
Chapter
14 Summary
American
Labor Leaders
Homework: Read pp 408-420, p
434: 11-15
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5/6--Classwork: Discuss
"Haymarket
Monument Gets Landmark Status"
Discuss Video Questions
Video Questions: John
D. Rockefeller
The
Rockefellers
American
Labor History
Homework: Read pp 421-433, p
434: 16-20
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7--Classwork: "Listen to the Steam
Engine"
Discuss Video Questions
Discuss "Industrial Age"
Puzzle
Homework: "Immigrants
& Urbanization" Puzzle
GGT
Puzzle #3
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Week 17
10/11--Classwork: Discuss "Atlanta: As Suburbs
Spread, The Downtown Grew Higher"
Discuss Graph:
Urban Population Growth 1870-1900, Graph: Urban Population 1800-2000,
Graph: Sources of Immigration 1870-1900, Chart: America: A Land
of Immigrants, Map: Where Foreign Born Lived in 1900, Graph:
Urban & Rural Work Force1870-1920, Chart: Urban Growth, Map:
Growth of Chicago and
Chart: Mayor-Council Plan
Video Questions: JP
Morgan
Chapter
15 Objectives
Chapter
15 Summary
Homework: Read pp 436-451, p
458: 11-15
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(Supply Teacher: December 13)
12/13--Classwork: Discuss "Looking at the Net
From a 19th Century View"
Discuss Video Questions
Discuss "Immigrants &
Urbanization" Puzzle
Video Questions: "Chicago:
Gateway to the West"
Chicago
Historical Timeline
Homework: Read pp 436-451, p
458: 16-20
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14--Classwork: Jeopardy--Review
for Final Exam
Make-up Assignment #3: Write
an Essay Summarizing James
Loewen's Interview
GGT
Puzzle #4
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Week 18
17/18--Classwork: Final Exam
Monday--1st Hour
Tuesday--2nd Hour
Read "Rating the Presidents:
A Conservative's Opinion, part 2" &
"What We
Work For Now" & "125 Years of the
Atlanta Constitution?
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19/20--Classwork: Final
Exam
Wednesday--3rd & 5th Hour
Thursday--4th Hour & 5th
Hour
Read "Rating the Presidents:
A Conservative's Opinion, part 2" &
"What We
Work For Now" & "125 Years of the
Atlanta Constitution?
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21--Planning Day |
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