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      <title>Call for Participation: Congress in the Classroom 2010</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:15:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/localgov/message/1219</link>
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      <description>CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: CONGRESS IN THE CLASSROOM 2010 * Deadline: April 15, 2010 * Congress in the Classroom is a national, award-winning education program</description>
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      <title>Deadline: Congressional Research Awards 2010</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:27:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/localgov/message/1218</link>
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      <description>LAST WEEK TO APPLY! GRANTS: CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH AWARDS DEADLINE: All proposals must be received no later than February 1, 2010. The Dirksen Congressional</description>
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      <title>Grants: Congressional Research Awards 2010</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:38:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/localgov/message/1217</link>
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      <description>GRANTS: CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH AWARDS DEADLINE: All proposals must be received no later than February 1, 2010. The Dirksen Congressional Center invites</description>
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      <title>Grants: Congressional Research Awards</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:31:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/localgov/message/1216</link>
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      <description>GRANTS: CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH AWARDS DEADLINE: All proposals must be received no later than February 1, 2010. The Dirksen Congressional Center invites</description>
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      <title>New Lesson Plan - Congress: A Vocabulary Review</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:04:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/localgov/message/1215</link>
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      <description>During The Dirksen Center&#39;s annual Congress in the Classroom? workshop -- http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_programs_CongressClassroom.htm -- participants</description>
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      <title>New Lesson Plan: The Public&#39;s View of Congress: A Study in Contrasts</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:09:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/localgov/message/1214</link>
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      <description>* NEW LESSON PLAN * THE PUBLIC?S VIEW OF CONGRESS: A STUDY IN CONTRASTS THROUGH FILM During The Dirksen Center&#39;s annual Congress in the Classroom? workshop</description>
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      <title>Introduction To The Constitution, Celebrate the Constitution &amp; Trivi</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:00:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/localgov/message/1213</link>
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      <description>INTRODUCTION TO THE CONSTITUTION &amp; TRIVIA This section of Congress for Kids covers the history of the Constitution of the United States. It includes</description>
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      <title>New Lesson Plan: Simulating Congressional Action in the Classroom</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:33:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/localgov/message/1212</link>
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      <description>* NEW * SIMULATING CONGRESSIONAL ACTION IN THE CLASSROOM During The Dirksen Center&#39;s annual Congress in the Classroom® workshop --</description>
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      <title>New Lesson Plan: Mock Senate Simulation</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 18:57:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/localgov/message/1211</link>
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      <description>* NEW LESSON PLAN * MOCK SENATE SIMULATION During our annual Congress in the Classroom® workshop --</description>
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      <title>Call for Participation: Congress in the Classroom 2009</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:06:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/localgov/message/1210</link>
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      <description>CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: CONGRESS IN THE CLASSROOM 2009 * Deadline: April 15, 2009 * Congress in the Classroom is a national, award-winning education program</description>
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      <title>Call for Participation: Congress in the Classroom 2009</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:21:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/localgov/message/1209</link>
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      <description>CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: CONGRESS IN THE CLASSROOM 2009 * Deadline: April 15, 2009 * Congress in the Classroom is a national, award-winning education program</description>
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      <title>Survey for Secondary Teachers of Government &amp; Social Studies</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:52:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/localgov/message/1208</link>
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      <description>The Dirksen Congressional Center of Pekin, Il -- http://www.dirksencongressionalcenter.org --  has partnered with Federal Network, Inc. of Washington, DC --</description>
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      <title>New Lesson Plan - The Saga of the Money Trail: Developing the Federa</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:23:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/localgov/message/1207</link>
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      <description>* NEW LESSON PLAN * THE SAGA OF THE MONEY TRAIL: DEVELOPING THE FEDERAL BUDGET During The Dirksen Congressional Center&#39;s annual Congress in the Classroom®</description>
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      <title>Deadline: Grants - Congressional Research Awards</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:49:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/localgov/message/1206</link>
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      <description>This grant announcement is being re-sent to inform all list members of the upcoming deadline.  Thank you! * GRANTS: CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH AWARDS * DEADLINE:</description>
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      <title>New Lesson Plan - Standing Committee Chest: Understanding the Standi</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:05:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/localgov/message/1205</link>
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      <description>* NEW LESSON PLAN * Standing Committee Chest: Understanding the Standing Committees of Congress During The Dirksen Center&#39;s annual Congress in the Classroom®</description>
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