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Casting a Ballot for New Freedoms

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Students use a New York Times article about the first free election in Indonesia in over four decades as a tool for learning about the government and politics, economy, religion, international relations, and people of Indonesia in the past 200 years.

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6th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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2 days
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