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The local doctor refuses to treat the baby because the couple is too poor to pay. 

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TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.I

Kino's grandfather moved north from Nayarit to a village near La Paz. 

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I

An Indian boy found a pearl in the water near La Paz. 

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I

La Paz is in Baja, or Lower California, but this peninsula is part of Mexico. 

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I

In 1811 the city of La Paz was settled by the Spanish.

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I

Pearls were found in oyster beds in area waters, and La Paz grew rapidly. 

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I

John Steinbeck wrote a book that was titled "The Sea of Cortez".

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TEKS.ELA.5.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.I

In this book, Steinbeck told about a story that he heard in Mexico. 

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TEKS.ELA.5.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.I

Spanish explorers settles in Baja in 1697, but Native Americans already inhabited the land. 

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I

The story, which was about a great pearl, gave Steinbeck the idea for "The Pearl". 

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TEKS.ELA.5.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.I