Commander Mead

Websites to help with the handmade paper crafts:

http://www.pioneerthinking.com/makingpaper.html

http://crafts.kaboose.com/cereal-box-scrapbook.html

A class activity you might want to consider:

http://www.umich.edu/~enact/notebooks.html

 

You may also consider having students write
letters to the Mead company, asking about their recycling.
Here is the website to contact Mead:

http://www.mead.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/MWContactView?langId=-1&storeId=10051&shopStoreID=10051&catalogId=10006&portfolio=false&mainnav=Y

Some books you may want to look into getting for your classroom:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/105-2551684-1265239?url=node%3D4&field-keywords=recycling+paper&x=0&y=0

Social Studies Standards:

VII-Production, Distribution, and Consumption
VIII-Science, Technology, and Society
X-Civic Ideals and Practices