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Civics for Life Quarterly, Volume 4 | Issue 1

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin was the featured speaker at the Sandra Day O’Connor Institute’s latest Annual ...
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Why Are Teachers Uncomfortable Teaching Civics?
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