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A Tale of Two Towns

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Students compare and contrast their own community to other communities. They fill out a questionnaire and e-mail it to e-pals in other communities, take digital pictures of important places in their town, and compare them to pictures sent by their e-pals.

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2nd - 3rd
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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