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This informational research lesson utilizes an interactive timeline as a tool for students to organize their research in an appealing way.  Students will research bookmaking technology milestones from the Egyptian, Hittite, Chinese, and European cultures. Students will also learn about and practice citing and attributing websites and images, and create a bibliography.