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senormartin says:

How often during the course of a school year do you typically take your students to the library? I don't do it very often, but I'm wanting to do more as the library is such an important resource.

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St. Louis, Missouri has a very rich Civil War history. I would like to give my students the opportunity to explore our Civil War sites personally.

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