Kid Pages - Learning Civics
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Butterfly School:  School Reform

Visit a classroom at Alphabet School where the teacher encourages her students to experiment with civics.  Beginning with a small issue (how to set the afternoon agenda), students practice voting in order to make a class decision.

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Explorer Club: Civics

Learn about the different people and groups who make schools work well:  students, teachers, principals, superintendents, School Committee, Board of Selectmen, special committees, and Town Meeting members.

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Butterfly School:  Civics

Learn about one child's experience at a special town meeting.  Is it very boring?  What is a meeting bag?  What happens when Grandpa gets up to speak?

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Times Have Changed
Join Grandpa on a visit to Alphabet Elementary School.  What does Grandpa notice?  What has happened to the art room?  Where are the see-saws?  

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Caterpillar Council
Join a caterpillar who thinks caterpillars should have more of a say in deciding how school runs.  Find out what happens when Roggy tries to launch a student government.  

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