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2. What if you wanted to know what was happening with the government in Washington, DC? How could you find out what is happening there?

3. What do you know about how "television is made?" Consider the people and the equipment needed.

4. How might the C-SPAN School Bus help to make C-SPAN television?

5. What do you normally expect to see when you go inside a bus? How might the C-SPAN School Bus be different inside? What might you see on the bus?

6. Where do you normally expect to go when you travel on a bus? Where might the C-SPAN School Bus go on its travels?



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