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Open collectionDecember 13 reading ideas
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Explore horses and how cacao becomes cocoa. Check the selected year for readings about choir music or Sweden’s Lucia tradition.
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Read about the free-roaming horses of Cumberland Island and consider how wildlife, habitats, and people can affect one another.
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Open collectionExplore this topic through Inside the Horse Capital: An Interview with a Kentucky Farm Manager.
Read passageExplore this topic through Leo's Horse Adventure.
Read passageExplore this topic through Balancing the Wild: The Case for Managing Wild Horses on Steens Mountain.
Read passageIdentify the report’s claims about Cumberland Island horses and habitats, then separate observed evidence from management recommendations.
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The informal National Cocoa Day on December 13 connects a warm drink with the cacao plant, processing and food production.
Sequence cacao processing and distinguish seeds, nibs, cocoa butter and cocoa powder.
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Read the Sweden section to learn about Lucia processions and the tradition of bringing light into winter.
Read the Sweden section to learn about Lucia processions and the tradition of bringing light into winter.
Read passageMore reading for this time of year, alongside today’s special dates.
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Christmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Explore themeChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Open collectionChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Open collectionChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Open collectionChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Open collectionChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
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Explore horses and how cacao becomes cocoa. Check the selected year for readings about choir music or Sweden’s Lucia tradition.
