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								"United States history is the history of a great 
								experiment 
								in representative democracy.” 
								
								--Social 
								Studies Resource Guide for United States 
								History and Government. 
								New York State  
								Education Department, p. 121 
								 What 
								do you think that sentence above means? 
								  
								
								This course of study should help students 
								understand how ordinary citizens and groups of 
								people interacted with lawmakers and policy 
								makers and made a difference." 
								 
								
								
								--Social Studies Resource Guide for United 
								States History and Government. 
								New York State Education Department, p. 
								121  
								 What 
								do you think these citizens want their lawmakers 
								to do? 
								
								 
								 
								Do you think that these citizens can make a 
								difference? |