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Maker Hill

From City Island · 2024

Maker Hill
3 minK1st2nd3rdSocial Studies
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Summary

Watt's class tours Maker Hill, where City Island's goods actually get made. Raw materials go in one end and finished things come out the other, with people and machines at every step. A goods-and-services episode you can point at.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Three quick questions to run after the short.

  1. What did the class see being made at Maker Hill?
  2. What tools or machines did the workers use?
  3. Name something in our classroom - who do you think made it?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: goods, factory, produce.

Try it: Pick one object on your desk and draw two steps in how it might have been made.