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Standard I.4

I.4 Synthesize integrated information to share learning and/or take action.

Grade(s): 7

Subject(s): English Language Arts

Year: 2015

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...