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Twelfth graders select and analyze a public policy issue. In groups, they create a hot list of web sites that have been explored and investigated as a result of a web search. Using their research, 12th graders individually produce a position letter following the format of the National Issues Forum and send it to their elected official.

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Grade
12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Year
2006
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