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The United States is turning 250 years old. For history teachers, it’s a complicated lesson.

This article was co-published with The 74, a nonprofit news organization covering education in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. Among longtime history teacher Karalee Wong Nakatsuka’s most prized possessions are two nearly identical T-shirts with very different meanings

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The United States is turning 250 years old. For history teachers, it’s a complicated lesson.This article was co-published with The 74, a nonprofit news organization covering education in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. Among longtime history teacher Karalee Wong Nakatsuka’s most prized possessions are two nearly identical T-shirts with very different meanings
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