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Books with author Carole Marsh

  • My First Book About West Virginia!

    Carole Marsh

    Staple Bound (Gallopade, July 1, 2001)
    This reproducible book is an introduction to your great state. Kids will learn about their state history, geography, presidents, people, places, nature, animals, and much more by completing these enriching activities.
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  • The Parent and Teacher's Guide: Helping Students Navigate the Bumpy Road from School to More School, First Job, and Career

    Carole Marsh

    Paperback (Gallopade, Nov. 1, 2012)
    What should parents and teachers know about what it will take for this generation to land a perfect career? Carole Marsh, an employer and educator, has all the tips and tricks to help parents and teachers sleep at night. Be ready with answers and support! Help your student prepare for: • The end of high school• College • Getting a first job• Selecting the right career path• The reality of today's job marketIn The Parent and Teacher's Guide: Helping Students Navigate the Bumpy Road from School to More School, First Job, and Career, entrepreneur and educator Carole Marsh takes on an entirely new, forward-thinking approach to education: one based on current needs and the future job market. Click to view the Table of Contents and sample pages from this book. The Parent and Teacher's Guide: Helping Students Navigate the Bumpy Road from School to More School, First Job, and Career is the perfect guide and an essential resource for the conscientious parent or teacher. It is part of the highly-anticipated Careers Curriculum series, a line of educational materials designed to prepare students for the “real world” of work, starting in high school.“Marsh has a keen sense of devotion to every type of student truly finding a path to success. This book is worth the price for the compassion and humor, explanation of Rigor vs. Rigor Mortis, and 'Why Study These Subjects' section. She's clearly “been there, done that”, and achieved great success despite many obstacles!
  • The Mystery of the Haunted Ghost Town

    Carole Marsh

    Paperback (Carole Marsh Mysteries, Aug. 21, 2008)
    One Dead Eye Dick! One wild west woman! One ghost town! One, no two, no 20 ghhoossttss! And four kids tumbleweeding their way through a frightening mystery! When the Mystery Girl puts down in Boot Hill, the die is cast! New friends - and enemies: some real, some perhaps not, foil the kids attempts to solve the mystery of why living, breathing towns become ghost towns. LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Cowboy attire • General cowboy lifestyle • Boot Hill Cemetery history • Tombstone, AR history • Old West history • Navajo symbols • Mining facts • Hendersonville history • Pollution from mining • Branding cattle • Camping materials • Tombstone Courthouse Museum • OK Corral • Sunshine Gap, Arizona • Eureka Gulch, Arizona • Bisbee, Arizona • Hendersonville, Arizona • Rose Tree Inn. 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: 4.6Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 126335Lexile Measure: 750Fountas & 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 .
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  • Key Concepts and Skills for Social Studies: Maps, Globes and Other Geographic Tools, Essential Economic Concepts, and Structure of the U.S. Government

    Carole Marsh

    Paperback (Gallopade International, Oct. 25, 2018)
    Document-based questions teach students to think like historians! Students learn to analyze and interpret a variety of sources, make connections between sources, bring in their own outside knowledge, and communicate their findings. Incorporates ELA/literacy requirements into social studies!Gallopade's Document-Based Questions series breaks down the DBQ process into smaller, scaffolded steps: 1. First, students learn to analyze individual primary and secondary sources using guided text-based and primary source-based questions. 2. Next, students apply higher-order thinking skills to read for information, compare and contrast, identify causes and effects, categorize information, arrange events into chronological order, identify point of view and purpose, and much more! 3. As students complete the critical-thinking activities on each individual page, they develop a deeper understanding of the social studies topic being covered. 4. Finally, students use these same sources to answer a big-picture DBQ question! How this book helps: Students learn about a variety of social studies topics! Students build their inquiry and critical-thinking skills! Students improve their writing skills! Students learn to make conclusions and form opinions! Students learn to cite evidence to support their conclusions! Students learn to effectively communicate their conclusions to others! Reproducible pages! Adds rigor to instruction! Table of ContentsMAPS, GLOBES, AND OTHER GEOGRAPHIC TOOLS What Are Maps? CartographyReading a MapUsing a Simple GridRelative & Absolute LocationLocation, Location, LocationPolitical & Climate MapsPhysical & Resource MapsImaginary Lines Divide the EarthESSENTIAL ECONOMIC CONCEPTSNeeds and WantsExchange & MoneyScarcity, Choices, & CostsGetting in LineCommunities: Consumers & Producers "A Double Hold-up" IncentivesSupply and DemandAdam Smith & Free MarketsEconomist QuotationsEntrepreneurshipBanks, Savers, & BorrowersEconomic SystemsGovernment & TaxesBRANCHES OF GOVERNMENTSeparation of PowersThe Great CompromiseFederalist QuotationsChecks and BalancesExecutive BranchRoles of the PresidentLegislative BranchRepresentation in the HouseHow a Bill Becomes a LawJudicial BranchAppointing a Justice
  • Mystery at the Space Needle

    Carole Marsh

    Paperback (Carole Marsh Mysteries, April 13, 2016)
    One Sparking, City! One space-age tower! One mysterious Box! A stash of silver dollars! And a sky-high adventure! Christina, Grant, Mimi, and Papa head for Seattle’s famous Space Needle, and end up in a "towering" mystery full of curious tokens, shiny silver dollars, suspicious characters, and words of warning from someone – but who?? And why??This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and more! Fun activities, built-in book club and SAT words are in each book. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.4Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 182118Lexile Measure: 650Fountas & 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 .
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  • The Awesome Atlanta Mystery

    Carole Marsh

    Paperback (Carole Marsh Mysteries, Jan. 2, 2012)
    Christina, Grant, Mimi, and Papa head to the big city of Atlanta, Georgia, to explore the creepy Underground past and the high tech global future, but someone ends up stranded on a giant stone ear-really!-in a mystery that will really blow you away!Look What's Inside This Mystery - people, places, history and more! Places in Atlanta: • Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel • Five Points • Underground Atlanta • The Fox Theatre • Krispy Kreme • Wren's Nest • CNN Center • Piedmont Park • Atlanta Botanical Gardens • Mary Mac's Tea Room • Fernbank Museum of Natural History • Cyclorama • Zoo Atlanta • Auburn Avenue • World of Coca-Cola • Stone Mountain • Lenox Mall • The Varsity • Turner Field • Oakland Cemetery • Georgia Tech • Capitol Building • The High Museum of Art • Dahlonega • Pitch Tree Trail • Sandtown Trail • Zero Mile Post and the Western and Atlantic Railroad ? Storza WoodsEducational Items: Margaret Mitchell • Gone with the Wind • North Georgia Gold Rush • Atlanta history • Creek Indians • The Civil War • General Sherman • The Battle of Atlanta • Brer Rabbit • Joel Chandler Harris • News production (at CNN) • Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. • 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games • Thrashersville • The Nutcracker • The Arabian Nights • Southern food • Soul food • Atlanta Crackers • Atlanta Braves • Sweet Auburn neighborhood • Periodic table of ElementsPeople: Solomon Luckie • Sherlock Holmes • Robert E. Lee • Jefferson Davis • Stonewall Jackson • Priscilla the Pink Pig •ZorroLike 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: 4.7Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 150374Lexile Measure: 690Fountas & 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 .
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  • The Ghost of the Grand Canyon

    Carole Marsh

    Paperback (Carole Marsh Mysteries, April 1, 2004)
    When Mimi, Papa, Christina and Grant visit a U.S. Park Ranger friend and her two children, the kids almost immediately embark on a GRAND adventure! Join them on an exciting tour--by helicopter, stubborn mule and tipsy-turvy whitewater raft--down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Grand Canyon, facts and history • The Navajo Nation History and customs • The Hopi Indian History and customs • Arizona history and symbols • Flagstaff, Arizona History • Geology of the Grand Canyon - Sedimentary rock - Mesa's - Colorado Plateau - Erosion • Kachina Dolls • Grand Canyon National Park - The Bright Angel Trail - Supai Village - El Tovar Hotel - The Visitor Center - Havasupai Indian Reservation • The Cameron Trading Post and The Little Colorado River Flagstaff, AZ. 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: 5.4Accelerated Reader Points: 3Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 79511Lexile Measure: 840Fountas & 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 .
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  • Atlanta Coloring and Activity Book

    Carole Marsh

    Paperback (Gallopade, April 1, 2004)
    This 24-page, reproducible, exciting and educational coloring/activity book parades kids all around Atlanta, from the Martin Luther King, JR. Historic District to Zoo Atlanta, from the High Museum of Art to the World of Coca-Cola! Kids travel through Atlanta by way of mazes, dot-to-dots, crosswords, coloring pages, matching, a detailed map, and other fun activities. Kids visit Atlanta's sports teams, museums, famous landmarks, and cultural centers, learning all about Atlanta history, geography, people, and much more! The Atlanta Coloring and Activity Book includes: Zoo Atlanta • Piedmont Park • Stone Mountain • Atlanta Botanical Gardens • Grant Park • Georgia Dome • Fernbank Forest • Atlanta City Hall • Fox Theatre • Georgia State Capitol • High Museum of Art • Underground Atlanta • The Varsity • Fernbank Museum of Natural • History and Science Center • Children's Arts Museum • Margaret Mitchell House • Scitrek • Center for Puppetry Arts • Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic District • Turner Field • Georgia World Congress Center • National Museum of Patriotism • Carter Presidential Library • Centennial Olympic Park • Atlanta Civil War Museum • CNN Center • And lots more!
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  • The Very Virginia Coloring Book!

    Carole Marsh

    Paperback (Gallopade, Oct. 31, 2000)
    The reproducible coloring book includes pictures of characters, places, facts, and fun. The kids can color their way around your state while learning new facts. Great for school, home or on the road.
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  • The Fabulous Florida Coloring Book!

    Carole Marsh

    Paperback (Gallopade, Oct. 31, 2000)
    The reproducible coloring book includes pictures of characters, places, facts, and fun. The kids can color their way around your state while learning new facts. Great for school, home or on the road.
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  • The Mystery on the Freedom Trail: The Boston Marathon Mystery

    Carole Marsh

    Paperback (Carole Marsh Mysteries, Feb. 1, 2003)
    One if by land! Too many tombstones! Four funny friends! Spooky old places! Lots of clues and it's a race to the finish! When their schoolteacher cousin disappears in the middle of running the Boston Marathon, four kids wind their way through the perilous maze of Boston streets along the Freedom Trail to discover what happened! Take your mark and race with Christina, Grant and their cousins - Derian and C.F. - as they try to track down the mysterious whereabouts of their schoolteacher cousin who has disappeared from the famous Boston Marathon - right in the middle of the race! MORE than a race, a mystery! MORE than a mystery, there's real history about the Freedom Trail and the Boston Marathon history, too! MORE THAN ENOUGH REASONS TO RACE TO READ... The Mystery on the Freedom Trail The Boston Marathon Mystery. LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! History of Patriot's Day • History of the Boston Marathon • Revolutionary War patriots Paul Revere, Sam Adams, John Hancock, and Ben Franklin • Rules of the Boston Marathon • History of competitive running • Pheidippides, and the start of marathons • Life in the 1800s • History of Boston • History of Paul Revere, his house and the "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" • History of Old North Church and Copp's Burying Ground • Steeple flying • History and use of Ducks (amphibious vehicles) • History of the USS Constitution a.k.a. Old Ironsides, and the penny drive that saved it • Swan Boats Hopkinton Common, Hopkinton, MA • Freedom Trail • Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill • Park Street Church • Old North Church • Charlestown Navy Yard • Boston Common • Lagoon of the Public Garden. 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: 5.2Accelerated Reader Points: 3Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74558Lexile Measure: 770Fountas & 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 .
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  • The Mystery of the Graveyard of the Atlantic

    Carole Marsh

    Paperback (Carole Marsh Mysteries, Aug. 21, 2008)
    You could say deadly Diamond Shoals was "Ground zero" for shipwrecks, once upon a time. In the era before lighthouses and before lifesavers, an enormous swatch of sneaky, shifting sandy shoals worked like skeletal fingers to snatch up ships and sink them! When Papa has to emergency land The Mystery Girl, this spooky, mysterious story begins. LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Cape Hatteras history • Diamond Shoals history • USS Monitor history and facts • Humidity and general Cape Hatteras weather • Fresnal Lens • Cape Hatteras lighthouse history • Cape Hatteras shipwreck history • Rescue device facts (the Breeches buoy) • U.S. Coast Guard history • Blackbeard, the pirate, history • Barque Eagle ship history • Wild ponies history • Sea Turtle facts • Diamond Shoals • Pamlico Sound • Pea Island • Ocracoke Island. 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: 126334Lexile 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 .
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