Books in Arizona Experience series

Journey across oceans and continents to experience the most extreme weather on the planet. Far out to sea, clouds form together as towering thunderheads, building and gathering strength. As the winds climb to incredible speed, the storm is ready to unleash terrible destruction: and it's heading straight for the city! Fantastic digital imagery takes you right into the heart of devastating tornadoes, hurricanes, storm surges, monsoons and blizzards. See lightning strike, find out how rain develops and visit the foggiest place in the world. Eyewitness accounts from a twister survivor and action-packed scenes turn meeting mother nature into an extreme adventure. Bring the weather inside with the gigantic panoramic poster - it'll blow you away! This book is brilliant for homework and school projects or just for fun.

The Arizona Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in Arizona. 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 Arizona 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 Arizona Primary Sources are: 1. Photograph of Charles Poston, known as the "Father of Arizona" - circa 18602. Photograph of Navajo silversmith with examples of his work and tools – 18803. Photograph of Apache Chief Geronimo – 18864. Photograph of Buffalo Soldiers – 18905. Copy of homestead application made in Prescott, Arizona, by Virgil W. Earp, brother of famous lawman Wyatt Earp – 19006.Photograph of Mission San Xavier del Bac – first established in 1692 by Jesuit missionary Eusebio Francisco Kino – photo taken 19027. Political cartoon with woman symbolizing United States telling three men representing New Mexico, Arizona, and Oklahoma territories that they will become states as soon as Congress approves it – 19028. Photograph of cowboys eating noon meal in typical Arizona cowboy camp – 19079. Map of the Colorado River Basin – 192810. Poster advertising Grand Canyon National Park – 193811. Photograph of highway sign in Pinal County advertising need for cotton pickers – 194012. Photograph of USS Arizona burning after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii – 194113. Photograph of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visiting the Gila River War Relocation Center – 194314. Photograph of Navajo Code Talkers in the U.S. Marine Corps – 194315. Photograph of U.S. postage stamp commemorating the 1853 Gadsden Purchase – stamp issued 195316. Photograph of presidential campaign button for Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater – 196417. Copy of document announcing Arizona’s ratification of the 26th Amendment – 197118. Photograph of John McCain – after being released as Vietnamese Prisoner of War (POW) – 197319. Photograph of Sandra Day O’Connor being sworn in as the first female Associate Justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court – 198120. Population density map of Arizona – 2010Your 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 Arizona State Map is great for building map literacy. Students will be able to reference the map of Arizona all year long! The map includes: • A colorful map of Arizona that includes all the major cities• A map legend that includes where all the major industries are located throughout the state. The state industries include beef cattle, citrus fruit, coal mining, copper mining, gold mining, honey, manufacturing, sheep, and tourism.• Origin of Arizona name• History of Arizona flag and image of the flag• Arizona statehood date• Arizona state sealThe map is 11” X 17” and printed cardstock paper.

The Arizona Vocabulary Teacher's Edition book includes 60 vocabulary words from the Arizona Social Studies Standards. The Teacher's Edition includes a “week of words” in a straightforward, thought-provoking, and FUN format. Every day for the first four days of the week, you'll give students a new vocabulary word which includes a definition, an interesting fact, and a “Think About It” discussion question. On day five, students will take a quiz on the four words using the companion Student Practice Workbook. There are 15 weeks of quizzes. A must-have for every teacher! The Arizona Vocabulary Teacher's Edition: ¥ includes key vocabulary words hand-picked and correlated from the Arizona Social Studies Standards ¥ uses a focused approach to build students' comprehension of the social studies standards by developing their understanding of integral vocabulary¥ has a consistent format that is easy for teachers and effective for students¥ helps students learn how to apply their new words¥ includes assessments for each vocabulary wordThis Arizona Vocabulary Teacher's Edition is a valuable test-prep tool when used with the companion Student Practice Workbook. This Arizona Vocabulary Teacher's Edition is a valuable test-prep tool when used with the companion Student Practice Workbook. The vocabulary words are: agriculture ¥ archaeology ¥ architecture ¥ border ¥ canal ¥ canyon ¥ capital city ¥ capitol ¥ citizen ¥ Civil War ¥ climate ¥ colony ¥ conservation ¥ constitution ¥ culture ¥ dam ¥ desert ¥ economic choices ¥ explorer ¥ Gold Rush ¥ governor ¥ Great Depression ¥ human characteristics ¥ immigration ¥ irrigation ¥ landform ¥ media ¥ memorial ¥ migrant worker ¥ migration ¥ mine ¥ mission ¥ mountain ¥ national park ¥ natural resources ¥ physical characteristics ¥ plateau ¥ population density ¥ preamble ¥ presidio ¥ primary source ¥ pueblo ¥ Reconstruction ¥ reservation ¥ responsibilities ¥ rights ¥ scarcity ¥ separation of powers ¥ settlement ¥ specialization ¥ state ¥ state government ¥ state park ¥ statehood date ¥ symbol ¥ territory ¥ timeline ¥ tourism ¥ transportation ¥ tribe To view two sample pages of the Teacher's Edition, click .

The Arizona Vocabulary Student Practice Workbook will boost test scores by helping students develop the vocabulary they need for success. The Arizona Vocabulary Student Practice Workbook includes 60 vocabulary words from the Arizona Social Studies Standards. There are 15 weeks of quizzes, a dictionary of 60 vocabulary words and their definitions, plus a page to add Bonus Words. The Student Practice Workbook includes quizzes that correspond with the Teacher's Edition. The Teacher's Edition includes a "week of words" in a straightforward, thought-provoking, and FUN format. Every day for the first four days of the week, you'll give students a new vocabulary word which includes a definition, an interesting fact, and a "Think About It" discussion question. On day five, students will take a quiz on the four words using their companion Student Practice Workbook. There are 15 weeks of quizzes. A must-have for every teacher! The Arizona Vocabulary Student Practice Workbooks use: 1. a focused approach to boost students' comprehension from Arizona's Social Studies Standards. 2. a consistent format that is easy for teachers and effective for students. 3. assessments to measure students' progress as they learn all the vocabulary words. This Arizona Vocabulary Teacher's Edition is a valuable test-prep tool when used with the companion Student Practice Workbook. The vocabulary words are: agriculture • archaeology • architecture • border • canal • canyon • capital city • capitol • citizen • Civil War • climate • colony • conservation • constitution • culture • dam • desert • economic choices • explorer • Gold Rush • governor • Great Depression • human characteristics • immigration • irrigation • landform • media • memorial • migrant worker • migration • mine • mission • mountain • national park • natural resources • physical characteristics • plateau • population density • preamble • presidio • primary source • pueblo • Reconstruction • reservation • responsibilities • rights • scarcity • separation of powers • settlement • specialization • state • state government • state park • statehood date • symbol • territory • timeline • tourism • transportation • tribe To view two sample pages of the Teacher's Edition, click .

Each Puzzle Book helps kids build higher order thinking skills and helps with deductive reasoning with these fun puzzles. Each Puzzle Book has a wide range of reproducible activities including logic, acrostics, word boxes, rebus, hidden pictures, crosswords, matching, word search, mazes and many more creative puzzles that will entice any child to learn more about YOUR state. Puzzles touch on history, geography, people, places, symbols, animals, and more!