GRADE 4, MODULE 4: UNIT 1, LESSON 6
Mid-Unit Assessment: Answering Questions and Summarizing a Text about Fredrick Douglass
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Fredrick Douglass escaped life as a slave and then worked to free other slaves.
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GRADE 4, MODULE 4: UNIT 1, LESSON 6
Mid-Unit Assessment: Answering Questions and Summarizing a Text about Fredrick Douglass
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the island nation of Haiti.”
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