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When it gets close, politics gets rough

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Learning standard:
■Comprehending and evaluating the content and artistic aspects of oral and visual presentations.
■Responding to a variety of written, visual and electronic texts by making connections to students' personal lives and the lives of others; posing social science questions
Grade Level: Middle grades and up.

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01/30/12

When it gets close, politics gets rough

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01/16/12

Super PACs are political superpowers

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01/02/12

World talks with a Hollywood accent

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12/12/11

The GOP frontrunner draws the fire

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11/28/11

Super committee is a super failure

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11/14/11

Changing the definition of poverty

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10/31/11

Troops leaving Iraq after 9 years

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10/17/11

Economy makes Halloween scary

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10/03/11

Trading shots over 'class warfare'

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09/19/11

Using a common literary reference

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09/05/11

Standing up for a colleague

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08/08/11

Addicted to spending

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07/25/11

Cut, Cap, Cliché!

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07/11/11

Mixed metaphor: A Sisyphean golfer

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06/20/11

Corporate profits vs. jobs

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06/06/11

Grinding to a halt, again

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05/23/11

Dinosaur Metaphors

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05/09/11

Graduating to a different problem

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04/25/11

2011 Pulitzer Prize: Mike Keefe

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04/11/11

Unemployment that just won't quit

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03/28/11

Safety vs. energy

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'Muckrakers' serial story

Political corruption, corporate greed, sickness and death from tainted foods -- today's headlines may shock us, but in fact they echo the scandalous exposes of the past century. Then, as now, it was the news media who frequently brought the truth to light. Using the constitutional freedom of the press, journalists investigated, exposed, and urged reform. They gave voice to the concerns of citizens and shed light on the nation's faults. Join us in learning about these early "Muckrakers."

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