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Vocabulary Enrichment
Direction: Study the picture, sentence, and word in the Chocolate Hershey Board.
Then, write words related to the picture, sentence, and word. Use it to formulate a definition and
your own sentence.
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Vocabulary Enrichment
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Vocabulary Enrichment
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Motivation
Direction: View the video clip at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp4z8o1ioJA and
answer the following questions below.
What are the things you discover about Hershey Chocolates? Write it down in the
chocolate bars below.
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Reading Selection
LIFE IS SWEET: THE STORY OF MILTON HERSHEY
Born in September 1857, in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, Milton Hershey
began life thinking about candy. His first job was an apprenticeship to the local printer who
shortly dismissed him. His mother suggested that candy was the trade for Milton, and sent
him to learn about the confectionery business. Later, Milton moved to Philadelphia where
he founded his first candy shop. Yet with all his hard work the business failed.
Milton moved to Denver. He found work with a candy manufacturer. He learned
about fine-quality caramels made with fresh milk. Fresh milk, Milton learned, allowed the
candies to stay sweet and fresh.
After borrowing money from his mother’s family, Milton moved on to New York City
to open a new candy shop. Again the business failed. This time his creditors also lost
money. Milton vowed he would pay his remaining debt.
One more time Milton opened a confectionery business. This time he made fine
caramels. By focusing on a specialty item, Milton’s business quickly grew. He paid back his
creditors, and later sold the business for one million dollars. Milton Hershey still dreamed
of making chocolate. In 1894, he started the Hershey Chocolate Company in Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, as a subsidiary of the Lancaster Caramel Company. Later, he set up business
in the small town later known as Hershey, Pennsylvania. He built a large factory and
housing for his workers close to dairy farms. His greatest pride was Hershey Industrial
School for orphan boys.
During the Great Depression he added buildings to his town at a time when money
was scarce. No man went without wages.
When World War II erupted, Hershey developed a chocolate bar for soldiers to carry
as emergency food. The U.S. government honored Hershey for his contribution.
Milton Hershey died in 1945 at the age of 88. The town of Hershey continues not
only as a world-class manufacturing town, but also as a tourist attraction. The pride of
Milton Hershey also lives on as the Milton Hershey School educates thousands of children.
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Let’s get sweeter!
Direction: Write the significant events in the story and arrange it chronologically while
reading the selection. Place your answer in the Kisses Timeline
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Let’s get sweeter!
Direction: Answer the following questions below.
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Let’s get sweeter!
Direction: Answer the following questions below.
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Create your own!
Just like my success in this
chocolate factory. It is now
your time!
Design your own factory.
Choose your product and
create a graphic organizer
using the shape of your
product.
Tell me the following:
1. What is the product? Can you
describe it?
2. Where do you want to build it?
3. What is the name of the factory?
4. What is the goal of your factory?
5. What is the benefit of the people
around you in your factory?
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