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The Democracy Project
Lesson plans designed to introduce the structure and duties of local, state and federal government.

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Circumstantial Boom Town: Washington, DC in World War II
The lesson activity, The Home Front, emphasizes ways that the civilian population rallied to support the America war effort.

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