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background knowledge - information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"

background

information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction

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Teachers can use the projector and whiteboard-ready resource for history mini-lessons, explore links and support materials for complete lessons, and build background knowledge to prepare students for standardized tests.

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Readers may have little background knowledge of this woman and the times in which she lived, but the careful description of the Creek culture and the accounts of the difficulties of the early settlements provide a wealth of information about the life of a remarkable woman and the beginning of a new nation.

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