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Politics: Who Is in Control? Lesson PlanPolitics: Who Is in Control? Lesson Plan
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Politics: Who Is in Control?

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Fourth graders read the article "Council Members Clash over Administrator's Job." They be asked to think about how they would feel being placed in the same situation. All students participate in role playing the news article.

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