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George is teaching 4th grade. He wants his students to learn about the difficulties and challenges of being a child in colonial America. What was life like for children in the early history of our country?

http://www.nps.gov/fofr/col_kids.htm
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Janice thinks that better and stricter gun control laws will help decrease violent crime among children. Her husband, Elliott, disagrees. Janice found a March, 2000 Department of Justice study that provides support for her argument. What facts in the report can she point to in order to convince Elliott?

http://www.jointogether.org/gv/wire/press_releases/reader.jtml?Object_ID=262263
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For his political science class, Darren has to track federal funding appropriations in the most recent Congress for any issue of his choice. He has chosen children's issues. How did children and families fare in terms of Congressional appropriations in the first half of the 106th Congress?

http://wwws.house.gov





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