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Reading: Blue Jeans
In this reading for information worksheet, students read a passage about the origin of blue jeans. Students answer 9 multiple choice questions about the text.
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Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Levi Strauss
One-page profile of influential innovator, Levi Strauss, whose vision and ideas created the blue jeans empire which later became a social phenomenon.
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Pbs: American Experience: Special Feature: Forgotten Inventors
This fascinating site from PBS features seven inventions from the 19th and 20th centuries, along with information about the men and women who created them. Click on one of the small photos to learn more, or scroll down through the...