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Lesson 12:
Our ProductsMade InPennsylvania
Pretzels aremade inmany
places in our state.
FOOD PRODUCTS
:
ice cream
–made in Philadelphia
bread
–made inmany Pennsylvania cities
pretzels
–made in Lititz, Allentown andHanover
canned fruit products
–made in Biglerville
maple syrup
–made in Bedford and Somerset
Counties
frozen and canned vegetables
–made inHanover
chocolate and chocolate products
–made in
Hershey
What CanWeMake?
Find other products that aremade in your community or other places in Pennsylvania.
For example, Crayola crayons aremade in Easton. There also aremany kinds of meat
productsmade in Pennsylvania. List some productsmade in Pennsylvania. Also list the
communitywhere they aremade.
name of product
name of community
MiltonHershey
In 1905, MiltonHershey beganhis
chocolate productionplant in themiddle
of a field. Today his plant is the largest
manufacturer of chocolate candies in the
world. This company is located inHershey,
Pennsylvania. MiltonHershey also started
a school here in 1909 that is still open
today. This school was created for students
that couldnot afford a good education.
