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Careers in the Capital

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Students explore the role that the president plays in appointing persons into the Cabinet or White House positions. Various positions that they might like to hold are researched and the changes that a new administrations creates in those positions are ex

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cabinet positions, civil-service, social studies
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Grade
5th - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Year
2001

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