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Here is a site for learning about the government and our country and there are also some fun games here:
https://bensguide.gpo.gov
https://bensguide.gpo.gov
Click on the links below to learn about the following topics on Wonderopolis:
Sites to use for your state report:
bensguide.gpo.gov
kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/states/us-states-hub/
www.americaslibrary.gov/es/index.php
www.ducksters.com/geography/usgeography.php
mrnussbaum.com/usa
www.census.gov/schools/facts/
bensguide.gpo.gov
kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/states/us-states-hub/
www.americaslibrary.gov/es/index.php
www.ducksters.com/geography/usgeography.php
mrnussbaum.com/usa
www.census.gov/schools/facts/
SITES FOR THE NORTHEAST REGION:
kids.kiddle.co/Northeastern_United_States
academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Northeastern_United_States
kids.kiddle.co/Northeastern_United_States
academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Northeastern_United_States
INVENTIONS INTRODUCED AT THE 1893 WORLD FAIR AT CHICAGO
Interactive maps and stories:
www.chicagohistoryresources.org/greatchicagostories/site/storymap/index.html?story=3
Interactive maps and stories:
www.chicagohistoryresources.org/greatchicagostories/site/storymap/index.html?story=3
- The Ferris Wheel
- The L train
- Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix
- Dishwasher
- Commemorative Stamps and Coins.
- Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum
- Squashed Pennies
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elongated_coin
- Spray Paint
- Cracker Jacks
- https://chicagoworldsfair1893.weebly.com/new-products-and-technologies.html
- mentalfloss.com/article/77907/14-classic-facts-about-cracker-jack
- The zipper
- Tootsie Toys Charles Pajeau from Evanston, IL
- Brownies
- Hershey’s Chocolate – The Hershey Chocolate Company - Using chocolate-making equipment purchased at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the company produced baking chocolate, cocoa and sweet chocolate coatings..
- Phosphorescent lamps (a precursor to fluorescent lamps) – Nikola Tesla used cordless low pressure gas discharge lamps, powered by a high frequency electric field, to light his laboratory. He displayed fluorescent lamps and neon lamps at the World Columbian Exposition.
- Lincoln Logs: Not at world fair- but shortly after were invented (1916): Lincoln Logs - John Lloyd Wright was the son of famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright