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ERIC Number: EJ469679
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Government in Action: A Simulation.
Gustafson, Kraig
Social Education, v57 n2 p90-92 Feb 1993
Describes a two or three-class period length secondary simulation exercise designed to teach about federalism and the system of checks and balances. Provides a list of the roles to assigned to or picked by students. Includes models of two bills to be submitted to Congress during the simulation. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Constitutional History, Curriculum Design, Decision Making, Learning Strategies, Role Playing, Secondary Education, Simulation, Teacher Developed Materials, Teaching Methods, United States Government (Course)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Federalism