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Title: Community English, a book of undertakings for boys and girls
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Flagg, Mildred (Buchanan) Mrs. 1886-
Subjects: English language Project method in teaching
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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his way: Although to-day we seem to consider sugar one of the greatnecessities of life, all of us may not be aware that its use as acommon article of food is only about three hundred years old.The cultivation of sugar was carried on before that in Indiaalong the Ganges River and the natives there knew how toboil the cane juice and obtain sugar from it. The Eg\^tians,the Chinese, and the natives of the East Indies also cultivatedthe cane in those early days. The Arabs probably carried itinto Southern Europe at the time of the Arab invasion of thatpart of the world. Spanish explorers of the early fifteenth century brought thecultivation of cane sugar across the Atlantic Ocean to the WestIndies, with the result that one of these islands — Cuba — hasbecome the greatest source of cane sugar in the world for theUnited States. Sugar comes to the refineries in the raw state. The veryinteresting exhibit before us shows the process this raw sugarpasses through before it comes to our tables.
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PART XV. CAMPAIGNS \ In the days of chivalry, mail-clad knights, armed with shield and spear, rode through the land to defend the rightand to punish the wrong. To-day there are thousands ofAmerican boys and girls who are as truly knights, cam-paigners, and crusaders. Look up the word campaign inthe dictionary. Does it always represent political ormihtary activities? Is a campaign a crusade? Ask someYone to tell you, or find out for yourself, about the ChildrensCrusade of 1212. Perhaps, you have already taken partin a campaign called a drive. A Junior Red Cross drive, ahealth campaign, a week devoted to morals and manners,and a campaign for better English are but a few of thecampaigns which have been conducted by boys andgirls about your age in connection with their Englishwork. Such an Undertaking as this calls for much originalityand thought and common sense on your part, but it is sureto prove interesting. Many people in the community willwish to know about your plans, so you must g

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