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Current Events in the Social Studies Classroom

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Every month, the Social Studies Center at Education Place highlights an issue currently in the news. Since all news is Social Studies, themes and ideas usually discussed in the Social Studies classroom can be very helpful in understanding what is going o

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7th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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