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Silk Weaving Silk Weaving- Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles, providing a detailed hist… Building America's Industrial Revolution: The Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts Building America's Industrial Revolution: The Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts- Classroom-ready lesson plan about the development of the Boott mill to understand the wo… City of Spindles: The Textile Mills of Lowell City of Spindles: The Textile Mills of Lowell- Chapter 12 of the on-line version of CD-roms joined with textbooks on the history and development of the factory system in the Unite… Follow the Yarn Follow the Yarn- Part of the Digital History for Preston Schools project, dedicated to the history of the Preston area cotton textile industry. Includes a timeline, a searchable d… Textiles in Ghana Textiles in Ghana- Learning modules about the technique of hand woven and printed kente and adinkra, and machine woven and waxed cotton printed fabrics of Ghana. Includes the hist… Spinning Yarns, Telling Tales about Textiles Spinning Yarns, Telling Tales about Textiles- Lesson aid designed by the Smithsonian Institute for elementary and secondary education, exploring the storytelling potential of text… Clothing And Health. An Elementary Textbook Of Home Making Clothing And Health. An Elementary Textbook Of Home Making- Textbook for textiles and garment sewing classes, written by Helen Kinne and published in 1916. Includes extensive chap… White Linen Garments of the Priest White Linen Garments of the Priest- Lesson paper reviewing the history of linen, the white linen garments of the priesthood, the times that only the High Priest wore linen garment… Children at Work: Exposing Child Labor in the Cotton Mills Children at Work: Exposing Child Labor in the Cotton Mills- Lesson plan for classes in art and social studies of grade 7 to 10, containing oral histories in video and text form of…