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Standard I.1

I.1 Formulate relevant, self-generated questions based on interests and/or needs that can be investigated.

Grade(s): 7

Subject(s): English Language Arts

Year: 2015

Title:
Cotton Becomes King - Cotton Gin
Cotton Becomes King - Cotton Gin

Lesson

Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin and in turn changed the path of America and its fortune. Read this excerpt from his obituary: Judge Johnson, of South Carolina, speaking of this invention, in 1807...