Grinding It Out | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

San Bernardino - This is the location of the first McDonald's restaurant.

Tulip Corp - This was the first company for which Ray Kroc worked selling paper cups of varying sizes.

Multimixer - This was an invention that made colder, smoother, and less caloric milkshakes. It started with six spindles, then later evolved to having only five. It was the product that introduced Kroc to the McDonald brothers and their quaint, but successful, restaurant in San Bernardino, CA.

McDonald's French Fries - They were the item that McDonald brothers were well known for....
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