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The Barbie Doll

A Short Reader

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Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 4 to 6
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	5.16

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		cut-outs, pre-teenager, stylish, popular, real-life, fiftieth, billion, makeup, longer, husband, company, doing, daughter, million, success, instead
	content words:		Ruth Handler, When Barbara Handler, On March, New York Toy Fair

The Barbie Doll By Cindy Grigg 1     Barbie dolls are popular toys. Did you know Barbie was named for a real-life girl?   2     Ruth Handler invented the Barbie doll. Ruth named the doll for her daughter, Barbara. When Barbara Handler was a pre-teenager, her mother noticed that she no longer played with baby dolls. Instead, Barbara liked to cut out pictures of young women from magazines. She played with the cut-outs as if they were dolls. She liked their stylish clothes, hair, and makeup. Barbara liked to pretend the cut-outs were doing things she dreamed of doing when she became a grown up.   3     Most dolls in the 1950s were baby dolls. Barbara's mother decided that other girls might like dolls that were not babies. She wanted to give girls other choices. They could play pretend with a doll that looked grown up. She decided to make one. Paragraphs 4 to 5: For the complete story with questions: click here for printable Feedback on The Barbie Doll      Leave your feedback on The Barbie Doll  (use this link if you found an error in the story) Weekly Reading Books           Create Weekly Reading Books Prepare for an entire week at once! Inventors and Inventions              Inventors and Inventions More Lessons              March Worksheets and Workbooks | edHelper.com Social Studies              Social Studies     United States History and Theme Units         American Government         Ancient America         Ancient China         Ancient Egypt         Ancient Greece         Ancient India         Ancient Mesopotamia         Ancient Rome         Biographies         Canadian Theme Unit         Country Theme Units         Crime and Terrorism         Economics         European History: 1600s-1800s           Explorers         Famous Educators         Geography         Grades 2-3 Social Studies Wendy's World Series         History of Books and Writing         History of Mathematics         How Can I Help?         Inventors and Inventions         Middle Ages         Renaissance         World Religion         World War I         World War II         World Wonders     More Activities, Lesson Plans, and Worksheets Back to School Graphic Organizers Alphabet Worksheets Sight Words Math Worksheets Mazes 50 States Education Teaching Monthly Themes January February March April May June July August September October November December Fractions Place Value Time and Calendar Money Earth Day Solar System Analogies Nouns Following Directions Listening Capitalization Cursive Writing Patterns and Sequencing Dinosaurs All About Me Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Sixth Grade Multiplication Division Main Idea Cause and Effect Measurement Decimals Rounding Order of Operations Verbs Community Helpers Adjectives Plants Grammar Addition and Subtraction Contractions Bulletin Board Ideas Word Searches Crossword Puzzles Printable Puzzles Reading Comprehension Reading Skills English Language Arts