Books in New York Experience series

One of the most popular misconceptions about American Indians is that they are all the same-one homogenous group of people who look alike, speak the same language, and share the same customs and history. Nothing could be further from the truth! This book gives kids an A-Z look at the Native Americans that shaped their state's history. From tribe to tribe, there are large differences in clothing, housing, life-styles, and cultural practices. Help kids explore Native American history by starting with the Native Americans that might have been in their very own backyard! Some of the activities include crossword puzzles, fill in the blanks, and decipher the code.

This unique book combines state-specific facts and 30 fun-to-do hands-on projects. The People Projects Book includes using sidewalk chalk to draw a life-sized state People on Parade, making a diversity flag, writing a poem about a state poet, designing a scrapbook of famous state women 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.

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.

Exploring New Mexico through Project-Based Leaning includes 50 well-thought-out projects designed for grades 3-5. In assigning your students projects that dig into New Mexico’s geography, history, government, economy, current events, and famous people, you will deepen their appreciation and understanding of New Mexico while simultaneously improving their analytical skills and ability to recognize patterns and big-picture themes. Project-based learning today is much different than the craft-heavy classroom activities popular in the past. Inquiry, planning, research, collaboration, and analysis are key components of project-based learning activities today. However, that doesn’t mean creativity, individual expression, and fun are out. They definitely aren’t!Each project is designed to help students gain important knowledge and skills that are derived from standards and key concepts at the heart of academic subject areas. Students are asked to analyze and solve problems, to gather and interpret data, to develop and evaluate solutions, to support their answers with evidence, to think critically in a sustained way, and to use their newfound knowledge to formulate new questions worthy of exploring.While some projects are more complex and take longer than others, they all are set up in the same structure. Each begins with the central project-driving questions, proceeds through research and supportive questions, has the student choose a presentation option, and ends with a broader-view inquiry. Rubrics for reflection and assessments are included, too. This consistent framework will make it easier for you assign projects and for your students to follow along and consistently meet expectations.Encourage your students to take charge of their projects as much as possible. As a teacher, you can act as a facilitator and guide. The projects are structured such that students can often work through the process on their own or through cooperation with their classmates.

The New Mexico Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in New Mexico. 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 Mexico 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 Mexico Primary Sources are: • Photograph of a page of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo – ended the Mexican War and added nearly two million square miles to the U.S. – 1848• Map of region including New Mexico, west Texas, and nearby areas occupied by Comanches before the 1860s• Photograph of the Long Walk of the Navajo – Native Americans forced to walk from their reservation in Arizona to eastern New Mexico – 1864• Photograph of General Henry Hopkins Sibley – leader of the Confederate Army of New Mexico during the Civil War – circa 1865• Map of Arizona and New Mexico territories – 1867• Photograph of Pat Garrett, sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico – apprehended and shot Billy the Kid after the 1878 Lincoln County War• Photograph of Albuquerque, New Mexico – 1880• Photograph of Buffalo Soldiers – 1890• Photograph of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders atop San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War – volunteers came from New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, and Texas – 1898• Photograph of Ruidoso Store near Fort Stanton, New Mexico – 1900• Photograph of Dr. Robert Goddard towing a rocket to the launching tower in Roswell, New Mexico – circa 1930• Photograph of the "Big Room" - largest room at Carlsbad Cavern in southeastern New Mexico – 1941• Photograph of the U.S. Navy battleship USS New Mexico at the end of WWII – anchored in Tokyo Bay with Mount Fuji in the background – 1945• Photograph of J. Robert Oppenheimer (left) examining the steel test tower where the first nuclear device was detonated – Trinity test site in New Mexico – 1945• Poster urging forest fire prevention featuring Smokey Bear – the living symbol of Smokey Bear was a black bear cub rescued after a New Mexico forest fire in 1950• Photograph of astronaut and New Mexico native Harrison Schmitt scooping up soil samples from the moon – 1972• Photograph of San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe – original adobe walls built circa 1610 – oldest church structure in the U.S. – photo taken 2002• Photograph of mass ascension of hot air balloons at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta – 2006• Population density map of New Mexico according to the 2010 census• Photograph of End of the Santa Fe Trail marker – photo taken 2011Your 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.

This unique book combines state-specific facts and 30 fun-to-do hands-on projects. The Symbols Projects Book includes creating a model of the state bird, counting popcorn to visualize state population, creating state borders using craft materials, making a scrapbook of unique state facts 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 Mexico 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 Mexico. Riddles, recipes, and surprising facts make this guide a delight! New Mexico Basics section explores your state's symbols and their special meaning. New Mexico Geography section digs up the what's where in New Mexico. New Mexico History section is like traveling through time to some of New Mexico's greatest moments. New Mexico People section introduces you to famous personalities and your next-door neighbors. New Mexico Places section shows you where you might enjoy your next family vacation. New Mexico Nature section tells what Mother Nature gave to New Mexico. New Mexico Miscellaneous section describes the real fun stuff ALL about New Mexico.

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.