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Alarm as the Clock Ticks Toward 2000

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Students explore how various people and businesses are reacting to the potential technological problems that may occur when the year 2000 arrives. They read and compare two related New York Times articles and share their own views of the Y2K issue

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6th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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