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Pool Repair Vote
The town pool needs repairs; students hear a grandparent, a swim team parent, a shop owner and a teen lifeguard, follow the plan from problem to hearing to vote, and choose how to pay for it: taxes, entry fees or both.
- Play style
- Role Play
- Module
- Pool Repair Vote: How a town makes a policy and pays for it
- Grade
- Grade 3 · Social Studies
- Standards
D2.Civ.13.3-5D2.Civ.10.3-5D2.Eco.12.3-5
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