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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1977
Page
12
The article explains how everyday words like denim dungarees and jeans derive from distant places. Denim from Nimes France gave its name to the fabric later shortened to denim, while dungarees and jeans reference sailors from Dhunga India and Genoa Italy.
A teaching guide for parents and teachers outlines a three page Mini Page activity about the California Gold Rush of 1849, jeans history, and denim craft ideas. It suggests map work, time calculations, and reading tasks using newspaper pages and prices.
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