Books in Massachusetts Experience series

The Big Massachusetts Activity Book! 100+ activities, from Kindergarten-easy to Fourth/Fifth-challenging! This big activity book has a wide range of reproducible activities including coloring, dot-to-dot, mazes, matching, word search, and many other creative activities that will entice any student to learn more about Massachusetts. Activities touch on history, geography, people, places, fictional characters, animals, holidays, festivals, legends, lore, and more.

I’m Reading About Massachusetts is a 48-page colorful book that helps students learn what makes Massachusetts unique. I’m Reading about Massachusetts helps early readers learn fun and interesting facts about Massachusetts. The colorful illustrations, bold, vibrant art, kid-friendly text and photographs help bring the state to life. I’m Reading About Massachusetts topics include:Native AmericansExplorersSettlementStatehoodFlagCapitalSealNicknameBordersPresidentPeopleBirdFlowerTreeInsectBeachesMountainsSwampsLandmarkAgricultureSportsClaim to FameGlossaryAnd More!

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.

The Massachusetts Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! is one of our NEW products for 2017! A true-time saver, the Massachusetts Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! includes ready-to-use pages and instructions that make state-studies fun and successful for the whole class.The Massachusetts Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! is more than just a notebook for taking notes it's a way of collecting and thinking about information. The Massachusetts Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! helps students become creative, independent, and reflective thinkers, readers, and writers. Students learn to express their own ideas and apply skills learned in class. The Massachusetts Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! gives teachers ready-to-use pages, templates, instructions, writing prompts, and more, making it easy to start using their interactive notebooks today!WHY USE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS?Interactive Notebooks are great for students! Building an Interactive Notebook helps students build organization skills as they take responsibility for their learning resources. The Interactive Notebook provides students with an outlet to apply the knowledge they gain in ways that express their own ideas and creativity. Guided writing activities incorporated into an Interactive Notebook help your students develop into independent, creative, reflective thinkers. And, once completed, an Interactive Notebook becomes a comprehensive and engaging review tool to help your students master content and prepare for tests. Interactive Notebooks are great for teachers! You can easily customize your instruction. You direct the learning process and pace. You determine where to dig deeper...and when and where to add pizzazz! You choose which projects to use as instruction, which projects to use as reinforcement, which projects to use as independent practice, and which projects to use as assessments. You can supplement activities with your own texts and projects. And, you meet the unique needs of your students in each and every year!A true time-saver! Step-by-step teacher instructions Ready-to-use, reproducible pages Writing and reflection prompts Student letter Supply lists Rubric And more!This book is reproducible and has 68 pages.

I’m Reading About Massachusetts is a 48-page colorful book that helps students learn what makes Massachusetts unique. I’m Reading about Massachusetts helps early readers learn fun and interesting facts about Massachusetts. The colorful illustrations, bold, vibrant art, kid-friendly text and photographs help bring the state to life. I’m Reading About Massachusetts topics include:Native AmericansExplorersSettlementStatehoodFlagCapitalSealNicknameBordersPresidentPeopleBirdFlowerTreeInsectBeachesMountainsSwampsLandmarkAgricultureSportsClaim to FameGlossaryAnd More!

The Massachusetts Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts Primary Sources are: 1. Bronze statue of John Winthrop in Boston – first governor of Massachusetts2. Illustration of seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony – created mid 1600s3. Illustration of British ships and soldiers arriving in Boston Harbor – 17684. Oil portrait of Massachusetts patriot Paul Revere – 17685. Engraving depicting the Boston Massacre – 17706. Oil portrait of Samuel Adams – 17727. Lithograph of the Boston Tea Party – 17738. Illustration of the Battle of Lexington – 17759. Engraving showing the drafting committee for the Declaration of Independence – Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman – 177610. Replica of the Declaration of Independence – July 4, 177611. Oil painting entitled The Death of Major Peirson – Battle of New Jersey – painted by John Singleton Copley of Massachusetts, one of the finest painters of colonial America – 178112 Official presidential portrait of John Adams – 179213. Photograph of Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross – ca. 186014. Photograph of Samuel Morse, inventor of the telegraph, posing with a camera, another of his interests – 187215. Photograph of Susan B. Anthony campaigning for women's right to vote – ca. 189016. Photograph of Alexander Graham Bell at the opening of the long-distance line from New York to Chicago – 189217. Photograph of Dr. Robert Goddard holding the launching frame of his most notable invention – the first liquid-fueled rocket – March 16, 192618. Photograph of women operating machinery as part of National Youth Administration New Deal program – Springfield, Massachusetts – November 26, 194019. Photograph of Theodore Geisel – also known as Dr. Seuss – drawing the Grinch for How the Grinch Stole Christmas – 195720. President John F. Kennedy with his children, nieces, and nephews at Kennedy home in Hyannis Port – August 1963Your 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.

Massachusetts Geography-Statistics say most kids know less geography than ever-don't let that apply to your students! Start by making sure kids know the main places & geographic features in their own state. Give them activities that pretend they are taking a cross-state bike tour, using free football game passes, jogging through the state, etc., & they'll find their way around in a hurry! Geography activities include info on counties, rivers, museums, historic places, sites of interest, colleges, bordering states, climate, topography, crops and more, all ready to reproduce! Approximately 30 activities and 200 geography related places and facts are covered. Students work alone or in groups and use maps, reference books or resource people to complete challenging riddles, matching games, word searches, fill-in lists, scavenger hunts, and completion exercises that reinforce learning, sharpen research skills, and provide a lively introduction to Massachusetts.

Each desk-sized “FunSheet” includes original illustrations are designed to be colored with markers, colored pencils, or crayons. The “FunSheet” includes YOUR state name, statehood information, state flag, state seal, and lots of state symbols and facts for kids to read, color, and learn, PLUS a state symbols word search and maze. The oversized 11” x 17” “FunSheet” gives kids lots of room to show their creativity and include lots of educational value! You can even laminate the fun sheets to use throughout the year as desk-sheets, placemats, wall displays, and more! These attractive coloring and activity sheets make it fun to learn about YOUR state’s symbols and other important facts. Each pack comes with 30 sheets. Put the “FunSheet” in the hands of every student.

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 Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts. Riddles, recipes, and surprising facts make this guide a delight! Massachusetts Basics section explores your state's symbols and their special meaning. Massachusetts Geography section digs up the what's where in Massachusetts. Massachusetts History section is like traveling through time to some of Massachusetts's greatest moments. Massachusetts People section introduces you to famous personalities and your next-door neighbors. Massachusetts Places section shows you where you might enjoy your next family vacation. Massachusetts Nature section tells what Mother Nature gave to Massachusetts. Massachusetts Miscellaneous section describes the real fun stuff ALL about Massachusetts.

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.