Curio Class
On the bench · not built yet
The Last Carousel Ride
The town carousel stopped running in 1975; a rider and the owner's grandson remember why in different ways, and an old newspaper adds a clue. The class compares the tellings, lists possible reasons and picks the most likely.
- Play style
- Mystery
- Module
- The Last Carousel Ride: Different accounts of one event and the likely reasons
- Grade
- Grade 2 · Social Studies
- Standards
D2.His.6.K-2D2.His.14.K-2D2.His.16.K-2
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