Books with author Carole Marsh

Christina, Grant, Mimi and Papa fly the Mystery Girl, and take the mystery boat, Mimi, to all the Great Lakes on a wild and watery adventurous mystery of shipwrecks, haunted lighthouses, and island intrigue! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Facts about the Great Lakes: Geography and Topography; Size; Nicknames; Marine life and ecology; Fresh water; Percentage of the fresh surface water in the world • Types of ships that use the Great Lakes: Freighters; Cutters and Ice Breaker Ships; Schooners; Pleasure boats • Shipwrecks: The Francisco Morazan, South Manitou Island, Lake Michigan; The Lucerne, Lake Superior; Edmund Fitzgerald, Lake Superior; Environmental impact • Shipping on the Great Lakes: Shipping routes; Types of Cargo; Economic benefits • Weather on the Great Lakes: Thunder and Lightning Storms; Whiteouts; Nor'easter; Rouge Waves • Sand dunes • Lighthouses • Bessie, the legend of the Lake monster • Distress signals and radio communications • Maritime law. Niagara Falls, NY • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH • MI: Great Sleeping Bear Dunes, North Manitou Island; Manitou Islands; Round Island Lighthouse; Mackinac Island - History, culture, foods, and folklore; Mackinac Straights Island House Hotel; Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum; Maritime Cathedral • Little Sand Bay and the Apostle Islands - Visitor center; Sand Island - Ferryboat ride; Lighthouse •Devils Island - Lighthouse; Caves. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 3.9Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 135936Lexile Measure: 620Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards .2. Download the Where Have You Been map .3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries .4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities .5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

Christina, Grant, Mimi and Papa snowmobile into Yellowstone National Park to encounter mud pots, geysers, bison, beauty, bears, volcanic action, and a mystery of historic proportions! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Yellowstone National Park - History: Largest, most active caldera • Habitats of bison, elk, moose and bears, pika and flies, eagles, mule deer • Wildlife of the park: bison vs. buffalo, mule deer, squirrels, pika, otter, elk, moose and bears, eagles; Grizzlies vs. Black Bears; Bison Facts • Geology: Volcanoes; Earthquakes; Magma; Acidic Levels; Hot Springs facts; Vents; Fumaroles; Fountain Paint Pot facts; Geyser Facts; Thermal Pools; Caldera; Mud pots: Hydrogen sulfide; Rhyolite rock, Volcanic rock, travertine mineral deposits ? Slowcoaches and snowmobiles • Yellowstone Lake facts • Continental Divide facts and history • Lower Falls facts and history • Old Faithful facts • Steamboat Geyser Facts • Appropriate Ski Mobile Gear and Clothing • Video Cameras and Camera's for fun on the trip • Bison paddy's • Ulysses S. Grant • James Mitchell • Bacteria facts and medical uses • Robert Reamer • Park preservation • Map reading • Death in Yellowstone • Shoshone Indians: Food: Pemmican. Yellowstone National Park, WY: Flag Ranch, South Entrance; Yellowstone Lake; Yellowstone River; West Thumb Geyser Basin; Twin Geysers; Surging Springs; Fishing Cone; Fountain Paint Pot; Continental Divide; Old Faithful Inn; Hayden Valley; Sulfur Caldron; Artist Point; Second largest canyon; Lower Falls; Tower Falls; Petrified Tree; Mammoth Hot Springs; Mammoth Hotel; Minerva Terraces and the travertine steps; Liberty Cap; Fort Yellowstone; Old Faithful Geyser; Norris Geyser Basin; Norris Geyser Basin Bookstore and Museum; Minute Geyser; Morning Glory Pool • Full Moon Celebration Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MO. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.8Accelerated Reader Points: 3Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 135934Lexile Measure: 920Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards .2. Download the Where Have You Been map .3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries .4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities .5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

A series of clues in Spanish lead four real kids down California's famous Old Mission Trail in search of a solution to a mystery of history and hilarity! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Definition of missions, and their functions in the past and present • Mission architecture and design • Missions and the California Gold Rush • Why missions were founded, and the hardships involved • Indians• reactions to the missions, and the effects of the missions on the Indians • Father Junipero Serra's work with the missions and his burial • Important facts about each mission the group visits, including information on architecture, present-day status of the mission, the bells in each mission, circumstances surrounding the missions • foundings, and other distinctive trivia • foundings, and other distinctive trivia • Po Rico, a Spanish governor in America • Secularization • El Camino Real • Ojo de Dios craft • Mission La Pur • sima • Concepci-n, Lompoc • Mission Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara • Mission Santa Solvang • Mission Snaventura, San Buenaventura • Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano • Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, San Gabriel • Mission San Fernando Rey de Espa-a, Mission Hills • Mission San Antonio de Padua, Jolon • Mission Nuestra Se-ora de la Soledad, Soledad • Mission San Francisco de As's (or Mission Dolores), San Francisco. This book was nominated for the prestigious 2004 Beatty Award! Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.7Accelerated Reader Points: 3Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74565Lexile Measure: 870Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards .2. Download the Where Have You Been map .3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries .4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

One kooky cookie factory! One delivery truck! One slimy rat! And lots of cookies! Equals one delicious adventure! It’s Girl Scout Cookie sale time for Avery, Ella and their friends Kate and Annie. The girls even get a chance to tour a new bakery where cookies are made! But when the girls see a mysterious mix-up at the cookie factory… and notice some of their cookie boxes are missing… and get caught in a dark delivery truck… a mystery really starts cooking! Who is the cookie thief, anyway? And why?? Tag along with foursome as they try to make sense of this tasty cookie case! This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and more! Fun activities, and SAT words are in each book. The Cookie Thief Girl Scout Mystery also includes a built-in book club that includes Talk About It, Bring It To Life, a Scavenger Hunt and a SAT Glossary.Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 2-5Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.4Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 182117Lexile Measure: 690Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: PDevelopmental Assessment Level: 36Carole Marsh has created a FREE 12-page Troop Leader Guide to use in conjunction with the Cookie Thief Girl Scout Mystery. Once your troop has finished reading the book, follow up with all the fun activities in this Troop Leader Guide! You can use selected activities in one meeting or spread them out over several meetings to prolong the fun. Either way, your girls will love it! And best of all - many of the activities will help your scouts attain several badges for Brownies, Juniors, and Cadettes! Some of the fun activities include: Sing-Along TimeCrossword PuzzleImagine Yourself as an Entrepreneur; This activity can count toward earning the Junior Cookie CEO Badge, the Junior Business Owner Badge, or the Cadette Business Plan BadgeTell Your Cookie StoryA Sweet Thank You to our MilitaryAdvertise! Advertise! Advertise!; This activity can count toward earning the Junior Meet My Customer Badge or Cadette Marketing Badge.Creative Cookies; This activity can count toward earning the Brownie Snack Badge or Junior Simple Meal Badge. Put the Events in OrderCookie Booth JumbleCookie MathClick to view the Troop Leader Guide online. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

When Christina, Grant and their two friends join their mystery-writing Mimi (and Papa!) on a trip to the "Mile-High City" of Denver, Colorado, they soon find themselves: • Sleeping in a mysterious, haunted palace of a hotel! • Deciphering mountains of clues to solve a mystery! • Reading tattered old books to help solve the clues! • Traveling through tricky tunnels to get to a scary ski slope! • Meeting an amazing woman who once sailed on the Titanic! But can the kids have fun, stay warm and solve a mystery all at the same time? Strap on your skis and come along and see! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Denver winter weather • Rocky Mountain history, facts, and folklore • Mining history and folklore • Old West Santa Fe style buildings and architecture • America the Beautiful song lyrics and author bio • Rocky Mountain Railroads and Old West transportation facts • Anasazi Indian history, lifestyle, and facts • Learning how to ski • Brown Palace Hotel • LoDo (Lower Downtown) • Garden of the Gods • Pikes Peak • Cliff Place at Mesa Verde National Park • Eisenhower Tunnel. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.9Accelerated Reader Points: 3Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 79513Lexile Measure: 760Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards .2. Download the Where Have You Been map .3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries .4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

In 1981, Carole Marsh (a real writer) took four real kids on a visit to the famous Biltmore House in Ashville, NC. They went to learn about George W. Vanderbilt; the Victorian Era, O. Henry and more. There was only one little problem... First one kids disappeared. Then another! The, so did a priceless antique chess set! There was the creepy Halloween room, the very scary basement, the eerie attic, and all those gape-mouthed gargoyles. Oh yeah, and all that blood! And did I say that the kids got trapped in a mile-long heating system? Did I say ONE little problem? How about LOTS of BIG problems! Everyone loves Biltmore House! So much so, that there has been constant demand for a reprint of Carole's most popular book ever! Biltmore's more than one big, giant house; it's one big, giant history lesson! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! The game of chess • George Washington Vanderbilt, who he was and his vision of a self-sufficient estate • Information on the Biltmore rooms and grounds And Biltmore House history, the building of the house, and the luxuries therein • Walled gardens and English gardens • Thomas Wolfe • O. Henry • Carl Sandburg • Secret doors at Biltmore House • Definition of curator • Sidney Lanier • F. Scott Fitzgerald • Biltmore Dairy Bar • Grove Park Inn • Thomas Wolfe House • Connemara, Flat Rock, NC., Flat Rock, NC. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.4Accelerated Reader Points: 3Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74562Lexile Measure: 640Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards.2. Download the Where Have You Been map .3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries. 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

The Primary Sources series is the winner of the 2015 Academics’ Choice Awards for the 2015 Smart Book Award in recognition of mind-building excellence. The Colonial America Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source that are printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" card stock.FREE Online Teacher’s Guide for Primary Sources to help you to teach primary sources more effectively and use creative strategies for integrating primary source materials into your classroom. This FREE Online Teacher's Guide for Primary Sources is 15 pages. It includes teacher tools, student handouts, and student worksheets. Click HERE to download the FREE Online Teacher's Guide for Primary Sources.>Colonial America Primary Sources are just what teachers need to help students learn how to analyze primary sources in order to meet Common Core State Standards! Students participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations of history using historical documents. Students make observations, generate questions, organize information and ideas, think analytically, write persuasively or informatively, and cite evidence to support their opinion, hypotheses, and conclusions. Students learn how to integrate and evaluate information to deepen their understanding of historical events. As a result, students experience a more relevant and meaningful learning experience. The 20 Colonial America Primary Sources are: 1. Map of "James Fort" at Jamestown – 16072. Painting (1932) entitled The Mayflower Compact, 1620 depicts the signing of the first political document in colonial American history – 16203. Depictions of the first "Thanksgiving" held in 16214. Illustration of Dutch colony of New Amsterdam in 1664, located on what is now Manhattan Island in New York City5. Replica of painting of slaves in Virginia processing tobacco for export – 16706. Portrait of a Puritan woman and her baby – late 1600s7. Illustration of early shipbuilding in a New England colony – late 1600s8. Oil painting entitled The Birth of Pennsylvania 1680 – William Penn, standing, faces King Charles II in the king’s breakfast chamber – 16809. Illustration entitled "Indian Raid in 1675" during King Philip’s War in Massachusetts10. Illustrations of early colonial tools and equipment – 170611. A colonial Quaker meeting with a woman preaching – early 1700s12. Illustration of the planned city of Savannah, Georgia – 173413. Illustration of Harvard College in Massachusetts – 174014. Illustration of a rice plantation in the southern colonies – 1750s15. First-hand account of the passage by ship to colonial America – 175016. Details from a map showing barrels of tobacco from Virginia and Maryland being loaded onto ships – 175117. Print of the Bodleian Plate, depicting the colonial architecture of Colonial Williamsburg – 178118. Illustration of British ships and soldiers arriving in Boston Harbor – 176819. Illustration (1932) of the reading of the Declaration of Independence from the East Balcony of the Old State House, Boston, Massachusetts – July 18, 177620. Map of the original thirteen colonies created for the United States centennial in 1876Your students will: • think critically and analytically, interpret events, and question various perspectives of history. • participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations instead of memorizing facts and a writer’s interpretations. • integrate and evaluate information provided in diverse media formats to deepen their understanding of historical events. • experience a more relevant and meaningful learning experience.

Christina, Grant, Mimi and Papa make their way to Mount Rushmore to check out the colossal carving of four presidents? and find a mountain's worth of mystery, history, precocious prairie dogs, quirky clues, befuddling Badlands, and one Crazy Horse! One sassy sculptor! A batch of badlands! One store named Wall! Four story faces! And a Loooooong way down! LOOK what's inside this mystery - people, places, history and more!PLACES: South Dakota: Mount Rushmore National Memorial - Avenue of Flags • Grand View Terrace • Lincoln Borglum Museum • Wall Drug Store, Route 90 • Sioux reservation • Custer State Park, Pierre • Prairie dog town • Peter Norbeck Visitor Center • Crazy Horse Monument and Visitor Center, Custer County. PEOPLE: George Washington • Thomas Jefferson • Abraham Lincoln • Theodore Roosevelt • Gutzon Borglum, Sculptor • Lincoln Borglum, Sculptor • Crazy Horse, Sioux warrior • Henry Standing Bear • Korczak Ziolkowski, sculptor. HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY/SOCIAL STUDIES: Mount Rushmore History and Facts • South Dakota History, Geography, Weather, Animal Life and Plant Life • The Badlands History, Geology: Erosion, Corrosion, Rock minerals, mako sica Animals: coyote • Prairie Products: Wheat and Animals: prairie dogs, bison, burros • Sioux Nation History, Reservation and Traditional Dance: rain dance • The Promise • Proverbs. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.3Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 140439Lexile Measure: 670Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards .2. Download the Where Have You Been map .3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries .4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

Ding, Dong! Ding, Dong! When Christina discovers that the Liberty Bell hanging in Liberty Center is a fake, she enlists Grand and two Philadelphia friends to help her find the real one. But time in running out! They have to solve this mystery before the Fourth of July! See if you can crack this mystery. Some mysterious historical characters, including Ben Franklin, George Washington, and Betsy Ross, offer them clues. But are they actors... or are they ghosts? Along the way, the kids are chased by Redcoats, cornered in a creepy old ship, and learn about the birth of the United States! So grab your tri-corn - it's time for a trip back in time! LOOK what's in this mystery: Old City • Independence Hall (State House of Pennsylvania) • Assembly Room • Liberty Bell Center • Betsy Ross's home • City Tavern • U. S. Mint • Ben Franklin Parkway • The Museum District • The Mutter Museum • Penn's Landing • Historic Lights of Liberty • Christ Church, Society Hill • The Franklin Institute Science Museum • Electricity Hall • Lancaster County, PA • Clothing of colonial times • History of the Liberty Bell including Whitechapel Foundry, England; The Inscription on the Liberty Bell; and Uses of the Liberty Bell • Amish culture and origins • Declaration of Independence • George Washington • 1787 Constitutional Convention • Betsy Ross • Thomas Jefferson • Benjamin Franklin • PostmasterLike all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.6Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 133198Lexile Measure: 710Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards .2. Download the Where Have You Been map .3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries .4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

A surprise Christmas treat of a private tour of the White House soon turns into a harrowing adventure during a blizzard of snow and clues that lead them directly to the Oval Office as four real kids solve a scary, but funny mystery! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Purpose and types of Secret Service agents • Formation of Washington D.C. • Dolley Madison and the 1814 fire in the White House • Design and construction of the White House • Function of the White House today • President's job description • Information on the different rooms in the White House • Glow sticks used by the Marines • James Madison and James Monroe candlesticks • White House holiday pageant • Presidential china • Situation Room v Dumbwaiter • Presidential pets • Code names for the president. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.5Accelerated Reader Points: 3Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74567Lexile Measure: 790Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards .2. Download the Where Have You Been map .3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries .4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .