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Noah Webster published his <em>American Dictionary of the English Language</em>  in 1828.
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Noah Webster published his American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828.

After dividing students into small groups, students play a variation of the game Balderdash to celebrate the publication of Webster's dictionary.

Dictionary author Noah Webster was born in 1758.
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Dictionary author Noah Webster was born in 1758.

Students play a variation of the game Balderdash to practice vocabulary.

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