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Assemble an audio collage of the music that would
have been playing during some part of these characters’
lives in the city: the late 1930s, when
Loretta is a teenager, or the 1950s, when Maureen
is in high school, or the 1960s during the riots.
Explain what the songs you have chosen tell you
about life as the characters experienced it.
Do some research about how families survived
in the city while men were away in the military
fighting World War II. Look for any assistance
programs that could have helped Loretta and her
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