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What Difference Do Good and Bad Make? Lesson PlanWhat Difference Do Good and Bad Make? Lesson Plan
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What Difference Do Good and Bad Make?

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Students discuss the characteristics of good citizenship, listen to the story, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, and develop and present skits demonstrating examples of good and bad behaviors.

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citizenship, role-play, the boy who cried wolf, social studies
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4th - 6th
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Social Studies & History
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