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Social Issues Facing Children

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Students examine the issues facing children in society. In groups, they participate in a simulation to discover the lack of connection between child-support and how it affects the children and society as a whole. To end the lesson, they also examine the emotional effects on the children and how to solve the problem.

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6th - 8th
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English Language Arts
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