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Computer Simulation: Are you Left- or Right-Wing?<\/a>
\nThis worksheet accompanies the computer simulation<\/a> and guides students through a series of questions and asks students to choose the point of view they agree with most. At the end of the simulation the computer provides them with a breakdown of how far their decisions were Left- or Right-wing. In addition factual questions are asked along the way and the teacher can print off a full breakdown of the data at the end of the lesson ready for analysis in the next session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Computer Simulation: Are you Left- or Right-Wing? This worksheet accompanies the computer simulation and guides students through a series of questions and asks students to choose the point of view they agree with most. At the end of the simulation the computer provides them with a breakdown of how far their decisions were Left- or… <\/p>\n

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