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People Power

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Students view a television program that explores many Eastern European residents' discontentment with communism. They work in groups to research living conditions in an Eastern European country before communism, under communism and today. Students create a timeline and map showing their findings.

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9th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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3 days
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