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Slekar, Timothy D. – Social Education, 2000
Provides an example of how two teachers in the Baltimore (Maryland) City Schools utilized the Internet to help students make a connection with their community. Describes a unit that focuses on the use of Tupac Shakur's rap "California Dream" in order to motivate the students to take pride in their community. (CMK)
Descriptors: Community, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Environment, Grade 8