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Unit 1: New Jersey's Land and Early People

Lesson 1: Where is New Jersey?

Vocabulary: region, physical characteristics, continent, relative location, urban, suburban, rural

Places: Atlantic City, Newark, Jersey City, Trenton

People: N/A

 

 

Map and Globe Skill: Using Latitude and Longitude

Vocabulary: absolute location, lines of latitude, lines of longitude, prim meridian

 

 

Lesson 2: New Jersey's Natural Regions

Vocabulary: glacier, erosion, till, sea level, silt, vegetation

Places: Appalachian Ridge and Valley, High Point, Delaware Water Gap, Highlands, Piedmont, Palisades, Atlantic Coastal Plain, Inner Coastal Plain, Outer Coastal Plain, Pinelands

People: N/A

 

 

Lesson 3: Climate and Resources

Vocabulary: climate, precipitation, nor'easter, natural resource, renewable, nonrenewable, manufacturing

Places: Cape May, Monmouth County

People: N/A

 

 

Lesson 4: The Lenape

Vocabulary: nomad, culture, band, longhouse, ancestor, oral story, adapt

Places: Bering Strait

People: Paleo-Indians, Archaic Indians, Woodlands Indians, Lenni Lenape, Munsee, Unami

 

 

Unit 2: Exploration to Early Statehood

 

Lesson 1: Europeans Arrive

Vocabulary: colony, demand, supply, slavery

Places: New Netherland, New Amsterdam, New Sweden, New Jersey

People: Christopher Columbus, Giovanni de Verrazano, Henry Hudson, James, the Duke of York

 

 

Lesson 2: The New Jersey Colony

Vocabulary: boundary, proprietor, abolitionist, plantation, royal colony

Places: West Jersey, East Jersey, Burlington, Perth Amboy

People: Lord John Berkeley, Sir George Carteret, Quakers, Puritans

 

 

Lesson 3: The American Revolution

Vocabulary: Parliament, representation, boycott, congress, militia, revolution, debt, Loyalist, Patriot, constitution

Places: Boston, Philadelphia, Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth Court House, Yorktown

People: Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, William Livingston

 

 

Lesson 4: The Constitution

Vocabulary: delegate, legislature, compromise, ratify, amendment

Places: Philadelphia

People: William Paterson

 

 

Lesson 5: New Inventions and Growth

Vocabulary: transportation, invention, turnpike, immigrant

Places: Morristown, Elizabeth, Trenton, New Brunswick, Camden, Perth Amboy, Newark, Paterson

People: John Stevens, Alfred Vail

 

 

Unit 4: New Jersey Today
Lesson 1: National Government
Vocabulary: democracy, federal system, legislative branch, executive branch, judicial branch, appoint
Places:
People:

Lesson 2: State and Local Government
Vocabulary: bill, district, veto, jury, appeal, county, municipal, citizenship, volunteer
Places: Trenton
People: Christine Todd Whitman

Lesson 3:New Jersey's Economy
Vocabulary: service industry, free enterprise, consumer, producer, interdependence, market, export, import, technology
Places: Atlantic City, Jersey Shore
People:

Lesson 4: New Jersey's People
Vocabulary: diplomacy, diversity, tradition, ethnic group, folklore
Places:
People: Patience Lovell Write, Asher B. Durand, Roy Lichtenstein, Sarah Vaughan, Bruce Springsteen, Walt Whitman, William Carlos Williams, Stephen Crane
File Attachments:
  1. 21 Counties Song.docx 21 Counties Song.docx
  2. American Revolution (additional notes).pptx American Revolution (additional notes).pptx
  3. Beringia PPT.ppt Beringia PPT.ppt
    PPT on Beringia
  4. Chapter 5 Notes.pptx Chapter 5 Notes.pptx
  5. Civil War Civil War
    Good overview
  6. Civil War Charts and Graphs Civil War Charts and Graphs
  7. Civil War Introduction Civil War Introduction
  8. Civil War Jeopardy Game Civil War Jeopardy Game
  9. Civil War Outline for Glog Civil War Outline for Glog
  10. Civil War Pictures Civil War Pictures
  11. Civil War Review Civil War Review
  12. Class Food Paragraph 2010 Class Food Paragraph 2010
  13. Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty
    Pre-field trip activities for the classroom or at home.
  14. Graphic organizer opinion brochure.docx Graphic organizer opinion brochure.docx
    Opinion OREO organizer for NJ brochure
  15. Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman
  16. How A Bill Becomes a Law.ppt How A Bill Becomes a Law.ppt
  17. Immigration Project Immigration Project
    This is a letter to the parents and the students informing them about the "Ellis Island" project.
  18. Jeopardy Review Lessons 1-3 Unit 1 Jeopardy Review Lessons 1-3 Unit 1
  19. Lenape food 2107.docx Lenape food 2107.docx
    Lenape Food 2017
  20. Lenape Food Paragraph 2011 Lenape Food Paragraph 2011
  21. Lenape Food Paragraph 2012 Lenape Food Paragraph 2012
  22. Lenape Home Project on Writing.pdf Lenape Home Project on Writing.pdf
  23. Lenape Home Project.pdf Lenape Home Project.pdf
  24. Lenape Nonfiction Writing Hooks Lenape Nonfiction Writing Hooks
  25. Lenape Rubric for Informational Paragraph Lenape Rubric for Informational Paragraph
  26. Lenape_Graphic_Organizer_for_Reserach updated.docx Lenape_Graphic_Organizer_for_Reserach updated.docx
  27. Longitude and Latitude (new).pptx Longitude and Latitude (new).pptx
  28. New Jersey New Jersey
    All about state of NJ
  29. New Jersey Power Point New Jersey Power Point
  30. New Jersey Sites New Jersey Sites
    Use the links for your brochure
  31. NJ Brochure Directions Updated 14.docx NJ Brochure Directions Updated 14.docx
  32. NJ County Brochure final update 2017.pub NJ County Brochure final update 2017.pub
    Informational Brochure on NJ County
  33. NJ County Brochure Rubric NJ County Brochure Rubric
  34. Online Travel Guide Sites.docx Online Travel Guide Sites.docx
    NJ County Travel Guide
  35. Opinion sentence starters all areas.docx Opinion sentence starters all areas.docx
    Opinion Sentence Starter
  36. opionion checklist for students for brochure.docx opionion checklist for students for brochure.docx
    Brochure opinion checklist 2016
  37. Short Jeopardy Game Review Lesson 1 Unit 4 Short Jeopardy Game Review Lesson 1 Unit 4
    3 Branches of the Government
  38. Social Studies Review Unit 1 Lessons 1-3 Social Studies Review Unit 1 Lessons 1-3
  39. State Government State Government
  40. Statue Of Liberty Park Guide Statue Of Liberty Park Guide
  41. The Case of the Mystery Lunch The Case of the Mystery Lunch
    Mock Trial 23 participants
  42. The Lenape The Lenape
    pages 34-40--Unit 1
  43. Three Branches of Government Three Branches of Government
  44. Underground RR and Civil War Review Underground RR and Civil War Review
  45. Unit 1 Lessons 1,2,& 3.pptx Unit 1 Lessons 1,2,& 3.pptx
  46. Unit 1 Reivew Sheet Unit 1 Reivew Sheet
  47. Unit 2 Lessons 1-3 Unit 2 Lessons 1-3
  48. Unit 2 Review Sheet for test Unit 2 Review Sheet for test
  49. Unit 3 Lesson 1 Unit 3 Lesson 1
  50. Unit 3 Lessons 1 and 2 Unit 3 Lessons 1 and 2
  51. Unit 4 Lesson 3 Unit 4 Lesson 3
  52. Waterloo Village Slide Show.ppt Waterloo Village Slide Show.ppt
  53. What do you know about NJ? What do you know about NJ?
  54. What was England like in the.pptx What was England like in the.pptx
Web Links:
  1. 2011 Wampanoag Homesite Virtual Field Trip 2011 Wampanoag Homesite Virtual Field Trip
    Scholastic virtual field trips
  2. 21 Counties Kids Research 21 Counties Kids Research
  3. 21 Counties of NJ Webquest 21 Counties of NJ Webquest
  4. 21 Counties of NJ Wikipedia 21 Counties of NJ Wikipedia
  5. American Revultion American Revultion
    Compare and contrast Patriots and Loyalists, then take a short online quiz
  6. Articles of Confederation Articles of Confederation
    Read this document to help understand why the Articles of Confederation was weak and what was done as a result.
  7. Articles of Confederation Articles of Confederation
    Reading to better understand the Articles of Confederation Vrs. the Constitution.
  8. Benjamin Franklin and his son. Benjamin Franklin and his son.
  9. Bill of Rights-History for Kids! Bill of Rights-History for Kids!
    This web site lists the first 10 amendments listed in the Bill of Rights
  10. Border Changes Border Changes
    European border changes over the last 1,000 years.
  11. Child Labor Online Resources Child Labor Online Resources
    Unit 3 Lesson 2
  12. Civil War Webquest Civil War Webquest
  13. Ellis Island Online Activities Ellis Island Online Activities
    Use this interactive link to discover what happened on Ellis Island.
  14. Ellis Island Web Quest Ellis Island Web Quest
    Scholastic Web Quest on Ellis Island
  15. England in the 17th Century England in the 17th Century
  16. Fact Monster on Federal Government Fact Monster on Federal Government
  17. Famous NJ list Famous NJ list
  18. Finding Latitude and Longitude on USA Map Finding Latitude and Longitude on USA Map
  19. French and Indian War leads to American Revolution French and Indian War leads to American Revolution
    Review how one war leads to another
  20. Government Government
    Ben's Review
  21. Government Government
    Kids Stuff-Excellent information on our federal government
  22. Government Government
    Game Review Quia
  23. Government Government
    U-tube video
  24. Government Games Government Games
    Use with Unit 4
  25. Government Webquest Government Webquest
    Use this webquest to compare and contrast different forms of government.
  26. Harcourt Harcourt
    Web link to our social studies curriculum
  27. Harcourt Textbook online Harcourt Textbook online
    Use this link to read and review the social studies book online.
  28. How a Bill Becomes a law How a Bill Becomes a law
    NJ Government
  29. I'm Just a Bill I'm Just a Bill
    School House Rock Video on passing a bill.
  30. Immigration Video Immigration Video
    Great immigration pictures
  31. Immigration Web Quest Immigration Web Quest
  32. Interactive Time Zone Map Interactive Time Zone Map
  33. Justice in Fairy Tales Justice in Fairy Tales
    Student Web Quest on mock trials
  34. Know Your States Know Your States
    Interactive United states Map
  35. Lines of Longitude and Latitude Game Lines of Longitude and Latitude Game
  36. Lines of Longitude and Latitude Game Lines of Longitude and Latitude Game
    National Geographic
  37. Longitude and Latitude Longitude and Latitude
    Great introduction to Prime Meridian, Hemisphere, etc. Interactive maps.
  38. Longitude and Latitude Longitude and Latitude
  39. Longitude and Latitude Exact Location Longitude and Latitude Exact Location
    Travel Map
  40. Longitude and Latitude Game Longitude and Latitude Game
  41. Mayflower Questions Mayflower Questions
    What was the voyage like?
  42. Mock Trials Mock Trials
  43. Neil Diamond's Coming To America Neil Diamond's Coming To America
    PPT with song
  44. New Jersey Tourism New Jersey Tourism
  45. NJ 21 counties Game NJ 21 counties Game
  46. NJ County Flags NJ County Flags
  47. NJ Entertainment NJ Entertainment
  48. NJ Government NJ Government
  49. NJ Key Landmarks NJ Key Landmarks
  50. NJ Review Game NJ Review Game
  51. Pathways to Freedom Pathways to Freedom
    Use this site to understand the secret quilt messages during the times of the underground railroad. Then create your own quilt.
  52. Patriots Vrs Loyalists Patriots Vrs Loyalists
    Online reading and matching quick quiz
  53. Pilgrim and Wampanoag Interview Pilgrim and Wampanoag Interview
    Interview with both sides at Plimoth Plantation
  54. Pilgrim Article Pilgrim Article
    This two page article briefly tells the Pilgrim story.
  55. Pilgrim Information Pilgrim Information
  56. Plimoth Plantation Plimoth Plantation
    Excellent site to compare and contrast Native Americans to the Pilgrims in the 1600's
  57. Quia Quia
    Use this game site to review vocabulary words from Unit 1, Lessons 1-3. Created by students.
  58. Region Map of NJ with Counties Region Map of NJ with Counties
    Scroll down to see the map.
  59. Revolutionary War Games/Information/Videos Revolutionary War Games/Information/Videos
  60. Ridge and Valley Information Ridge and Valley Information
  61. Scholastic Scholastic
    Immigration stories..then and now
  62. Scholastic Scholastic
    Underground Railroad slide show. Use pictures for your Glog.
  63. Scholastic Scholastic
    Update on Ellis Island including recent virtual field trip
  64. Scholastic Scholastic
    Ellis Island Links for stories and interactive tour
  65. Scholastic Scholastic
    Ellis Island Interactive Tour Excellent personal account of a young boy!
  66. Separation of Powers in our National Government Separation of Powers in our National Government
    Thank you Miss Matthews! :)
  67. Statue of Liberty Statue of Liberty
    This site has a lot of good facts and hyperlinks on the Statue of Liberty
  68. Three Branches of Government Three Branches of Government
    Clear and distinct definitions
  69. Three Branches of the Government Three Branches of the Government
    Various Power Points on government
  70. Twenty-0ne Counties of NJ Twenty-0ne Counties of NJ
  71. Underground Railroad Underground Railroad
    A slaves journey to freedom
  72. Underground Railroad Underground Railroad
    A slaves journey
  73. Underground Railroad Pictures Underground Railroad Pictures
    Use pictures for your Underground Railroad Glog
  74. Virtual Tours of the State of NJ Virtual Tours of the State of NJ
  75. Whistle Stop (Truman Library) Whistle Stop (Truman Library)
    Use this interactive web site to go over the branches of the government. Fun and informative game.
Author: Robin Iaione
Last modified: 5/5/2021 5:54 AM (EST)