By Patricia Gordon and Reed C. Snow. Students discover a wealth of geographical and historical facts about the U.S. in this activity-packed paperback. Divided into seven geographical regions, clever mnemonics, witty anecdotes, and attention-grabbing graphics interweave geography, earth awareness, history, weather, and culture and include specific facts about each state. Grades 4-9. Index. Teacher sites with lesson plans, resources, and links for educators round out the feast.
Appendixes cover strategies for on-line research and questioning plus netiquette.
Grades 4 8. 30 pages each. Students move their markers across a colorful map of the world in this challenging board game. Each Travel Card includes three questions of increasing difficulty from which to choose. A teacher's guide contains 100 additional advanced questions and eight reproducible maps with suggested activities.