Our daughters, our sons were able to enjoy what not only Teddy Roosevelt did but what ordinary folks did all across the country.

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Taking a trip to Uganda with Jack the teddy bear will allow pupils to ask questions about life in the country via e-mail.

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Although teddies were invented in Germany and the US in 1902, it was the British who took the teddy bear to their hearts and opened bear making factories all over the country.

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