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Teaching Noodles! A Twisty History

Noodles! A Twisty History

Children in Italy playfully suck in stringy spaghetti. In China, chopsticks grab fat noodles in sauce. The Japanese noisily slurp their soba. People all around the world have enjoyed noodles for thousands of years. But did you ever stop to think: who ate the very first noodle?

Daniela Weil
Cricket Media

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Why do noodles have a "twisty" history?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

1,2,3
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