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POL and History Classes

Part I:
Relevance and Connections with the Present

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Here are some US History examples.
Unit 1:
Race

Unit 2:
Presidential Decision Making

Unit 3: The Economy and American Life

Culmination
Final exam= letter to President; after length discussion (with historical parallels to Vietnam especially) Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Resources and connections–key words, word webs, etc:
Time, NYT become great resources (click [...]

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