1. George is teaching fourth 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://colonial-america.suite101.com/article.cfm/children_in_colonial_america

2. Janice thinks that better and stricter gun control laws will help decrease violent crime among children. Her husband, Elliott, disagrees. Janice found a study that supports her viewpoint. What facts in the report can she point to in order to convince Elliott?

http://home.uchicago.edu/~ludwigj/papers/Future_of_Children_2002.pdf

3. 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. What happened with funding for the No Child Left Behind Act in congressional appropriations in the first half of the 109th Congress?

http://febp.newamerica.net/background-analysis/no-child-left-behind-funding