Books in New Jersey Experience series

I spent one winter researching the holiday history, folklore, legend, and more of each and every state,' says Carole marsh. A great coffee-table book or classroom read, this book-in an edition for each U.S. state-shares a wealth of fascinating historical material and trivia about everything from holiday traditions to how we got the Christmas tree, superstitions, and more. From the Yule logs of Maine to snow on the Alamo, you'll love your own state book, but wish you could read them all. Don't forget to send your favorite teacher or grandchild a copy for their state!

The perfect reference guide for students in grades 3 and up - or anyone! This handy, easy-to-use reference guide is divided into seven color-coded sections which includes New Jersey basic facts, geography, history, people, places, nature and miscellaneous information. Each section is color coded for easy recognition. This Pocket Guide comes with complete and comprehensive facts ALL about New Jersey. Riddles, recipes, and surprising facts make this guide a delight! New Jersey Basics section explores your state's symbols and their special meaning. New Jersey Geography section digs up the what's where in New Jersey. New Jersey History section is like traveling through time to some of New Jersey's greatest moments. New Jersey People section introduces you to famous personalities and your next-door neighbors. New Jersey Places section shows you where you might enjoy your next family vacation. New Jersey Nature section tells what Mother Nature gave to New Jersey. New Jersey Miscellaneous section describes the real fun stuff ALL about New Jersey.

This unique book combines state-specific facts and 30 fun-to-do hands-on projects. The History Project Book includes creating a cartoon panel to describe how your state name may have come about, creating a fort replica, making a state history museum, dressing up as a famous explorer and recreating the main discovery, and more! Kids will have a blast and build essential knowledge skills including research, reading, writing, science and math. Great for students in K-8 grades and for displaying in the classroom, library or home.

The New Jersey Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in New Jersey. We have created a 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 to download the FREE Online Teacher's Guide for Primary Sources.The New Jersey Primary Sources will help your students build common core skills including: • Analysis• Critical Thinking• Point of View• Compare and Contrast• Order of Events• And Much More! Perfect for gallery walks and literature circles! Great research and reference materials! The 20 New Jersey Primary Sources are: 1. Map of New Jersey– 17942. Photograph of African-American baseball team in Danbury – 18803. Composite illustration of New Jersey native Harriet Beecher Stowe and scenes from her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin – 18934. Advertisement for Webster’s International Dictionary – New Jersey native Noah Webster created first dictionary in early 1800s – 18965. Poster advertising Barnum & Bailey "Greatest Show on Earth" circus – P.T. Barnum was native of New Jersey– 19006. Photograph of Samuel Colt Memorial in Hartford – famous inventor and industrialist was born in Hartford – photo taken 1907 7. Photograph of Mark Twain – Twain lived in Hartford for 17 years and wrote many of his famous novels there – 19078. Young boy picking tobacco near Gildersleeve, New Jersey– 19179. Photograph of workers at Cheney Silk Mills in South Manchester – 192410. Photograph of workers at electric shaver plant in Stamford – plant converted from making shavers to producing machine tool parts during WWII – 194211. Photograph of man working on hull of submarine at the Electric Boat Company in Groton – shipbuilding is important industry in New Jersey– 194312. Photograph of George H.W. Bush, captain of the Yale University baseball team, with professional baseball star Babe Ruth – Bush later served as 41st President of the United States – 194813. Photograph of President George W. Bush speaking at Ground Zero in New York City after 9/11 attack – George W. Bush was born in New Jersey– 200114. Photograph of nuclear submarine USS New Jersey departing New London on her first scheduled deployment – 200215. Photograph of statue of Revolutionary War patriot Nathan Hale outside Department of Justice Building – photo 200716. Photograph of cotton gin at Eli Whitney Museum in New Haven – Whitney built a cotton gin factory and firearms factory in New Haven – photo taken 200717. Photograph of New Jersey State Capitol in Hartford – 200818. Population density map of New Jersey– 201019. Photograph of Old Campus at Yale University in New Haven – founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the U.S. – photo taken 201220. Satellite photograph of Hartford, New Jersey– 2012Your 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. Each primary resource is printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" cardstock.

The perfect reference guide for students in grades 3 and up - or anyone! This handy, easy-to-use reference guide is divided into seven color-coded sections which includes New Jersey basic facts, geography, history, people, places, nature and miscellaneous information. Each section is color coded for easy recognition. This Pocket Guide comes with complete and comprehensive facts ALL about New Jersey. Riddles, recipes, and surprising facts make this guide a delight! New Jersey Basics section explores your state's symbols and their special meaning. New Jersey Geography section digs up the what's where in New Jersey. New Jersey History section is like traveling through time to some of New Jersey's greatest moments. New Jersey People section introduces you to famous personalities and your next-door neighbors. New Jersey Places section shows you where you might enjoy your next family vacation. New Jersey Nature section tells what Mother Nature gave to New Jersey. New Jersey Miscellaneous section describes the real fun stuff ALL about New Jersey.

The interactive CD-ROM adventure lets students join Comet and Star as they embark on a field trip to Planet Earth to discover their state! Students will love to learn about their state symbols, landmarks, history, geography, interesting places, and fascinating facts in a fun and exciting way. This software correlates with your state's official school curriculum.

This unique book combines state-specific facts and 30 fun-to-do hands-on projects. The Government Projects Book includes making a three branches state government tree and adding leaves of each branch's functions, designing a simple census questionnaire, staging a mock classroom election, holding a meeting with Robert's Rules of Order and more! Kids will have a blast and build essential knowledge skills including research, reading, writing, science and math. Great for students in K-8 grades and for displaying in the classroom, library or home.

The perfect reference guide for students in grades 3 and up - or anyone! This handy, easy-to-use reference guide is divided into seven color-coded sections which includes New York basic facts, geography, history, people, places, nature and miscellaneous information. Each section is color coded for easy recognition. This Pocket Guide comes with complete and comprehensive facts ALL about New York. Riddles, recipes, and surprising facts make this guide a delight! New York Basics section explores your state's symbols and their special meaning. New York Geography section digs up the what's where in New York. New York History section is like traveling through time to some of New York's greatest moments. New York People section introduces you to famous personalities and your next-door neighbors. New York Places section shows you where you might enjoy your next family vacation. New York Nature section tells what Mother Nature gave to New York. New York Miscellaneous section describes the real fun stuff ALL about New York.

This unique book combines state-specific facts and 30 fun-to-do hands-on projects. The Geography Projects Book includes creating a montage of the wildlife that lives in your state using cut-out pictures, recreating the path of a state river with pipe cleaners, building a state tree from fresh or dried leaves or needles from as many types of trees as possible, testing soil samples and more! Kids will have a blast and build essential knowledge skills including research, reading, writing, science and math. Great for students in K-8 grades and for displaying in the classroom, library or home.