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Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix


North Carolina Agriculture in the Classroom

Companion Resource

Holly Dufek

Combines: with Casey & Friends

Combines introduces children to the world of modern farm equipment- showing how the most complex machines on the farm work to harvest crops. This book is filled with colorful action photographs, fun illustrations and a cast of cartoon equipment characters. Students can follow the timeline of harvesting equipment from the sickle to the mechanical reaper, international harvester, and eventually the modern-day combine. As a companion to lessons on grain crops such as corn and wheat, students will learn the process of harvesting these crops.

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Holly Dufek
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Octane Press
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Illustrated by Paul E. Nunn

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