Levi Strauss Case Study

see EconEd page if links are broken on the case study

LS - Vocabulary and Concept Check

• Vocabulary Practice (quia.com)

Activity One - Background

• Read a brief biography of Levi Strauss here
• Answer the questions on the LS Bio Handout

Activity Two - Resources

• History of Denim
• History of Levi's 501 Jeans
• Resource Chart to complete

Assessment Prep

• Product/Resource Chart

Resources for Assessment Activity:

Use the following sites to help you identify the productive resources used to make a variety of products used daily by students like you.

• "Hershey's Kisses Chocolates" http://www.hersheys.com/kisses/about/history.asp?id=1
  
• "History of Chocolate" http://www.hersheys.com/discover/chocolate.asp
  
• "Hershey's Company History" http://www.hersheys.com/discover/history/company.asp
  
• "Milton Hershey" http://www.hersheypa.com/town_of_hershey/history/
  
• "What it Takes to Make Wrigley Gum" http://www.wrigley.com/wrigley/products/products_made_of.asp
  
• "How Wrigley Makes Gum http://www.wrigley.com/global/about-us/about-gum.aspx
• "The Story of Wrigley "http://www.wrigley.com/global/about-us/about-gum.aspx
  
• "The Pencil Page" http://www.pencils.com/ (Go to link: The Story of Pencils): http://www.pencils.com/pencil-information/story-pencils-technology-and-tradition