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Enhance your social studies The division of Teaching and Learning has determined the Correlated titles to be strongly related to the Corecontent Curriculum. with Primary Sources! www.tcmpub.com/nystl | 800.858.7339 www.tcmpub.com/nystl | 800.858.7339 Open up the world of social studies! Primary Sources kits bring background information on historical people and events to your classroom with authentically-recreated documents, making social studies come to life! Packed with maps, letters, photographs, and appropriately complex historical texts as called for in the Common Core State Standards, these Primary Sources kits give all students a fuller, more meaningful experience and provide teachers with ready-to-use lessons, extensive background information, and informational text activities. Please review and select from the following Correlated grade-level Primary Sources kits for your Social Studies Core Curriculum.

Each kit includes: ■ 8 Photographs ■ 8 Primary Sources ■ 80-page Teacher’s Guide with background information, ready-to-use lessons, and document-based assessments ■ Teacher Resource CD with additional photographs and primary sources, student activities, extension activities, and document text GRADE 1 GRADE Correlated Primary Sources for Grade 1 ISBN My Community Then and Now 9780743982375

Leisure Time Then and Now Showing What You Know Leisure Activities Directions: Look carefully at the two pictures on the other side of this Many people come to New York City to have fun. Each kit includes: card. Then, read the passage. On the web, write six different things that In 1935, some men cleaned up an area in Queens. you learned about New York City’s leisure time activities. They wanted to have a fair. The New York City World’s Fair opened on April 30, 1939. It was New York City’s first world’s fair. In the center were two white buildings. The Trylon ■ was almost 700 feet (14 meters) tall. The Perisphere 8 Photographs was shaped like a globe. More than 45 million people came to see it. It was open for two years. They made the area into a city park when the fair was over. ■ The Macy’s Parade started in 1924. It had three 8 Primary Sources floats. Zoo animals were in the parade. Then, they stopped using live animals. They used huge helium LeisureNew York City’s Time Leisure Time balloons, instead. Each year, Macy’s puts on a ■ 80-page Teacher’s Guide with background Activities bigger parade than the year before.

Challenge The Macy’s Parade is one of the places people go to have fun in New information, ready-to-use lessons, and York City. Make a list of fun places you would like to visit with your family in New York City.

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Correlated Primary Sources for Grade 2 ISBN GRADE 2 GRADE New York City Then and Now 9781433301216 Citizenship and Government 9781433372773

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Historical Background Information Historical Background Information On September 11, 2001, hijackers, armed with two jet airplanes, crashed into Towers One and Two of In the years between 1890 and 1917, millions of immigrants came to the United States to escape hard times. In the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City. The two main towers each contained 110 floors of 1892, the Federal Bureau of Immigration converted Ellis Island to a registration station. Soon after its opening, office space. The buildings were designed like tubes. They were strong on the outside with internal Ellis Island became the gateway to America. Upon landing, immigrants were directed to go to the Registry Hall cores. Millions of tons of steel were used to create the steel columns that supported each structure. The where information was collected. Next, doctors and nurses made sure they did not have any contagious diseases. architect, Minoru Yamasaki, designed the buildings to be strong to withstand high winds. The buildings Individuals with diseases such as cholera, trachoma, and tuberculosis were made to stay on the island until they got were also designed to be able to withstand an airplane crash. It was the fires that resulted from the better. If they were found to have an incurable disease or mental impairment, they were sent back to their homelands. crashes on September 11 that weakened the steel and caused the buildings to collapse. In the years between the opening of Ellis Island and the start of World War I, millions of people passed through the doors of Ellis Island on their way into the country.

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ik45 Historical Historical Writing Analyzing History Writing Analyzing History Fiction Knowledge Fiction Knowledge Many people believe that some type of monument should What does deported mean? Using the theme of immigration, write each of How many combined floors did the World Trade be constructed to replace the World Trade Center buildings. Comprehension Center main towers have? Others feel that the area should become a memorial park. the following types of poems: Create a rhyme that explains some of the reasons people came to America. acrostic, haiku, diamante, free Comprehension Still others feel that the buildings should be reconstructed. Write a story as if you are the person who gets to determine Application verse, and cinquain. Why was the World Trade Center built? what should be put up in the space where the World Trade Create a time line that outlines the steps an immigrant family would have to take Nonfiction Application Centers stood. This should be a first-person account of once they landed on Ellis Island. Interview a member of your Use the following information to create a diagram what your plans are for the location. GRADE 4 GRADE Analysis family to learn about your comparing the WTC with other skyscrapers: WTC Nonfiction Here are some of the countries that the immigrants came from as well as family’s origins. Find out Towers: 1368’; Empire State Building: 1250’; For thousands of years, people have been building very approximately how many individuals came from each country during the highest information about the country Sears Tower: 1454’; and Eiffel Tower: 986’. large structures. Choose a structure from the list below years of immigration. Create a graph to depict the country and its number of from which your ancestors Analysis and find out more information about who built it and why: immigrants. Italy 2,502,310; Russia 1,893,542; Germany 633,148; England came. Produce a short picture Although the towers were built to withstand an Brooklyn Bridge, New River Gorge Bridge, Astrodome, 551,969; Ireland 520,904 book about this country as Henry Hudson Early Explorer well as about how and when airplane crash, they were not able to withstand the United State Capitol, John Hancock Center, Empire State Synthesis your family came to America. fires. Use the Internet or other resources to find out Building, Hoover Dam, or Aswan High Dam. Historical Background Information Imagine that you were an immigrant child coming to America. As an immigrant, why this happened. you would be limited as to how many items you could take with you. Use a Henry Hudson was one of the early European explorers to the Americas. In April of 1609, the History Synthesis computer drawing program to create a virtual suitcase for yourself. Pack one of History Challenge Englishman set sail from the Dutch Netherlands and headed southwest on a ship called the Half Moon. Challenge Design a skyscraper for a city near you. Explain He hoped to find a shorter route to China. His voyage led him to the mouth of what would become each of the following items: a favorite item to remind you of your homeland, the purpose of this tall building. Very few people would have expected the World Trade the Hudson River. In September of 1609, Hudson and his 20 crew members sailed up the river. They something to eat, something to keep you occupied on your long voyage, a picture Find information about the of your home, and an item that you think will be useful to you in your new home. immigration laws of today. Evaluation Center Towers to collapse as they did. Architects today thought they had discovered the way west. They traveled as far as Albany, New York, where the river build skyscrapers that can withstand earthquakes, heavy What steps must someone Describe in detail whether or not you think it is a got narrow and shallow. After sending out scouting parties to measure the river’s depth ahead, Hudson Evaluation storms, and high winds. Use the Internet or other resources from another country go good idea to continue constructing extremely tall realized that he hadn’t found the route he wanted. So he returned home to England, He believed his trip During inspection, if people were found to have contagious diseases, they were to find out more information about the building of through to become a citizen buildings such as the World Trade Center and Sears was unsuccessful. On his next voyage, Hudson tried a route further north. This time, his journey took often held on the island or sent back to their native countries. Why was this skyscrapers. What techniques do architects and contractors of the United States of ik51 Tower? him into the Arctic waters around Canada. Unfortunately, this exploration also failed because he ended done? How do you feel about this practice? 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Analyzing History Knowledge What country was Henry Hudson from? Comprehension Historical Writing Why did Hudson and his crew establish communication with the American Indians? Illustrate your answer by drawing a cartoon that Fiction shows a dialogue between Hudson and the American Indians. Pretend that you were an American Indian who lived near the shore of the Application Hudson River. Write an account of the On a map of the Northern Hemisphere, trace and label Hudson’s two first time you saw the Half Moon sail voyages. up the river. Analysis Nonfiction Exploration never ends. Research a modern-day exploration. You Research the region around the Hudson can choose topics and famous explorers in the fields of space or ocean River. Describe the region as it may Correlated Primary Sources for Grade 4 ISBN exploration. Compare the characteristics, experiences, and adventures of have been in 1609 using the five these modern-day explorers to those of early America. themes of geography as a basis. Synthesis Research a variety of early explorers. Then create a video modeled after a typical news broadcast where you take on the role of host while History Challenge interviewing the “World’s Most Renowned Explorers.” Have others help by dressing up as explorers for the interviews. Many times, explorers will name an area after themselves. Today, the New York State 9780743981248 Evaluation Hudson River and the Hudson Bay are At times, the American Indians were not friendly to Hudson and his named because of the voyages of this crew. In one such instance, Hudson shot at a group of American Indians explorer. Research the origins of some after they chased him in their canoes. He killed several of them. Write of the other areas around New York a paragraph and give your opinion as to whether or not Hudson was and find examples of other explorers justified in his actions. who named spots after themselves. ik51

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Each kit includes: ■ ■ 8 Photographs Teacher Resource CD with Marco Polo and the Silk Road Historical Background Information Marco Polo, along with his father and uncle, began a journey from Italy to China in 1271. Polo’s account ■ of such places as China, Thailand (then Siam), Japan, Java, Vietnam, Ceylon, Tibet, India, and Myanmar (Burma) was the only source of information about these exotic places that was available to Europeans 8 Primary Sources additional photographs and during the Middle Ages. Polo’s book, The Description of the World inspired others like Christopher Columbus to seek a western route to the these countries. This card shows a section of a map called “The Golden Road to Samarkand.” It dates, fromdescribed 1375 his and journey, is based and on alsoPolo’s ■ 80-page Teacher’s Guide with primary sources, student account of the Silk Road to China.

Analyzing History Knowledge Historical Writing Imagine you are a reporter for the local paper and have been sent Fiction background information, activities, extension activities, to cover the news along the Silk Road. Write a one paragraph To protect the Polo brothers on their first description of the animals and people in this picture for the return journey, the Kublai Khan gave them evening news report. a golden tablet a foot long and three inches Comprehension wide and inscribed with the following Imagine you could interview a member of the Polo family to words: “By the strength of the eternal include in your news report. What three questions would you Heaven, the holy Khan’s name. Let him ready-to-use lessons, and and document text ask about the journey and what would be the responses? that pays him not reverence (to those who Application carry this) be killed.” This tablet was a special passport which guaranteed the Polos In this picture, buildings and other features seem to be facing safety and guaranteed them high priority a variety of directions. Geometric lines radiate from several lodging. Write a modern day tablet that points. What might be the reason for this type of design in the would insure someone’s safety in the same manuscript? way. document-based assessments Analysis Knowing the background information, what language might be Nonfiction on this manuscript? What evidence supports your conclusion? Traveling along the Silk Road was dangerous ij95 because of bandits and bribes. Pretend you Synthesis have been named the head of security for Construct a time line of the locations the Polo group visited on the Silk Road merchants. Write down your their Silk Road Journey. security plan to keep the travelers safe. Evaluation The trip took almost 24 years and covered around 15,000 miles (24,100 km). Historians disagree about whether the Mayan Stela Polos actually visited all the places they claimed to have seen. History Challenge Historians are also not certain about the exact route the group Research the history of the Silk Road. What Background Information took. After researching the evidence, what do you believe about years was it in regular use and when was it the Polo account? In 1839, John Stephens and Frederick Catherwood traveled to cities where the Mayas once lived. finally named the Silk Road? Stephens was a lawyer who had traveled and written about his voyages. Catherwood was an artist who ©Teacher Created Materials, Inc. drew pictures of the places they visited. While in Copan (koh-PAN), Catherwood saw this stela and copied it for their book. The stela was built for one of the most powerful rulers of Copan. His name was #3938 Exploring History Through Primary Sources—Exploration 18 Rabbit. It was built in a.d. 782. This ruler commissioned more stelae and architecture than any other ruler in Copan. Mayan stelae tell many important details about the rulers, warring tribes, and accomplishments of an empire.

Analyzing History Historical Writing Knowledge What five words would you use to describe this stela to Fiction someone who has never seen it? Imagine that Stephens and Catherwood hosted a reality television show. What Comprehension would it be called? Write a one-paragraph Pretend you live during the time that Catherwood drew description for a television guide that tells this picture. Write a caption for the local newspaper that about this new show. tells about this picture and the journey. Nonfiction Application Write the script that would be on the back If you were a Mayan leader, how would you inform the of your personal stela. It should be at least world about your reign? 10 sentences long.

Analysis If this stela could talk, what would it say? Create a cartoon showing this scene. Synthesis History Challenge If you were 18 Rabbit, what kinds of things would you have written about on your stela? Make a list of five new Find out why Stephens and Catherwood things. never traveled together after their second trip. Evaluation Based on what you know, what kind of personality did 18 Rabbit have? GRADE 5 GRADE

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Correlated Primary Sources for Grade 5 ISBN Mayas, Incas, and Aztecs 9780743991889 Exploration 9780743939386

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Correlated Primary Sources for Grade 6 ISBN Ancient Civilizations 9781433301377 World Religions 9781433317910

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Correlated Primary Sources for Grade 7 ISBN American Revolution 9780743939232 Slavery in America 9780743991872 Civil War 9780743939201

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Historical BackgroundThe Fifteenth Information Amendment primary sources, student At the beginning of Reconstruction, the Republican Party controlled Congress. The Radical Republicans had big plans. Their goal was to change Southern society completely. Their Congressional Reconstruction plan brought dramatic changes to the South, but its success did not last. activities, extension activities, Analyzing History Knowledge The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments gave African Americans rights they had never had before in the United States. Design a simple symbol, or logo, to represent each amendment. People should be able Historical Writing and document text to understand the main idea of each amendment from your drawings. Fiction For African Americans in Comprehension the South, Congressional This painting depicts all the areas of African American life affected by the Reconstruction might have Fifteenth Amendment. How did having the right to vote impact marriage, seemed like a fairy tale. work, church life, schooling, and other aspects of daily life? Choose three On paper, at least, all their areas and explain how voting rights made an impact. wishes were granted. Write the story of Congressional Application Reconstruction as a fairy Imagine that you are an African American celebrating the passage of the tale. Include a hero, a Fifteenth Amendment in the audience at the center of the painting. Write a villain, and a magical being diary entry describing what you saw and how you felt about the day’s events. who grants wishes. Analysis Nonfiction Scene No. 8 is labeled “The Ballot Box is open to us.” Why do you think An anthem is a rousing African Americans got the right to vote in Southern states before they got the song that celebrates a same right in many Northern states? Explain your answer. political cause. Write Synthesis an anthem celebrating the many victories Congressional Reconstruction was a plan with lofty goals. The process of of Congressional making it happen was painful, deadly, and unsuccessful. Would the use Reconstruction. of modern technology have changed the implementation of Congressional Reconstruction? Would technology have made it more successful in the end? Choose three modern technologies and describe how they could have been GRADE 8 GRADE i3549 used during Reconstruction. Then, explain how they might have changed the History process of rebuilding the nation. Challenge Evaluation Find out how and when There were many different ideas about how to rebuild the nation after the Reconstruction officially war. Imagine that you were a Northern senator during Reconstruction. ended. Which plan would you have supported? Explain your choice.

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