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Cotton's Journey - A Field Trip in a Box

This comprehensive kit is designed to give inquisitive minds a whole unit experience through the provided teacher's guide and classroom resources. The video is segmented with the history and geography of cotton, cotton production, harvest and ginning, and processing and by-products. Questions for investigation are asked at the conclusion of each video segment. Answers and more information are provided in the instructional unit. This is a great video for exploring the significance of cotton during the early history of North America through the Civil War. Kit includes: a CD-ROM instructional guide, two varieties of cotton, samples of cotton in various stages, cotton seeds, cottonseed oil, color poster of the six stages of cotton growth, student booklet and a fabric production flow chart. For additional books and resources visit www.cottonsjourney.com.

Grade level:	4     5     6     7     8
Scope:	all states
Academic Subject:	Home Skills/Consumer Science Life/Biological Sciences Social Studies
Agricultural Content:	Fibers/Clothing/Textiles Plant Systems Field Crops American Agricultural History Inventors/Inventions
Author:	The Alpaca Company
Illustrator:	The Alpaca Company
Publisher:
Copyright:
Reviewer Comments:	Company contact information: The Alpaca Company, P.O. Box 55, Tranquility, CA 93668, (800) 698-1888
Resource ID:	2107
Source:	http://www.cottonsjourney.com
Media 1:	It's a Kit media type. URL: Website