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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Mill Lesson PlanA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Mill Lesson Plan
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Mill

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Students participate in a simulation of wool trading in the 1800's. They pass around a ball of yarn at various stations to simulate the interdependence of each stage of the wool trade, discuss what happens when there is a problem in the process, and write a narrative titled, "A Day in the Life of a Piece of Wool."

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cloth manufacturing, trade, wool production, social studies
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Grade
5th - 6th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Simulation
Year
1998

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