World History
Show your students how a simple t-shirt is made. They'll be amazed! Click here to go to the NPR site (NPR developed the story), scroll down and click "View" for a video presentation of the story. The video contains different chapters such as "cotton," "machines," "people," "boxes," and "you." It's fascinating and definitely worth showing,especially if you are covering the industrial revolution.
Here's part IV, about boxes
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World History
NPR's Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt
Here's part IV, about boxes
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