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Organize Your Own Government Lesson PlanOrganize Your Own Government Lesson Plan
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Duration
14 days
Instructional Strategy
Project-Based Learning
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Organize Your Own Government

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Students, in groups, design a government. They create a web page that describes the group's fictitious nation, details the citizen's culture, identifies the type of government and explores how the chosen government would respond to challenges.

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governments

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governments, webpage design, social studies

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