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Monday May 16, North Branch Area Middle School teachers Kari Sawyer, Lori Blomquist and Anna Pouliot worked with two groups of seventh grade students, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, to paint and label a world map on the playground area on the east side of the middle school.

Morning students outlined the nations of the world and painted them. The afternoon group labeled the larger countries in the world.

"There was a strong group of students that worked with this process and it was really fun to watch the students engaged in this active learning opportunity," said middle school principal Todd Tetzlaff.

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