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Learning about Interest Group Politics Lesson Plan

Learning about Interest Group Politics Lesson Plan

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Students identify and interpret major interest groups and think tanks of the government. Students evaluate, record, and discuss the viewpoints of guests on the News Hour. Students select several Web-based transcripts of interviews, review, and complete research using the links provided.

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organizational skills, conservatism, political parties, public policy

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conservative, deregulation, libertarian, mission statement, organization, political party, public policy, english language arts

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7th - 10th

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