New Hampshire Lesson Plans

1. Title: Locate the Nashua River Valley#101
...0 Teaching Level: E Lesson Introduction: It is suggested that this activity be completed prior to reading The River Ran Wild. Objective/purpose: Students will locate the Nashua River Valley on a map and determine its relative location. Materials: map of Nashua River watershed (see attached), map of New England, map of New Hampshire. Procedure: 1)Tell the students they will be reading a story about a river that is located in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. 2)Either distribute the map of the watershed or create a transparency and project it. 3)Identify the Merrimack River, the Nashua River, and the city of N...

2. Title: A Capital Idea#128
Title: A Capital Idea 128 National Standard: 4 The physical and human characteristics of places. State Standard: 11 Teaching Level: E Lesson Introduction: This lesson may be used in conjunction with a unit on New Hampshire History. It looks at the use of physical geography and location and how man utilizes these to his advantage. Objectives/Purpose: Students will write a description of the spatial organization of the former and present location of New Hampshire's state capital examining the concepts of distance, direc...

3. Title: Describing Places 202
...mation. This lesson will develop the concept of regions: Physical and cultural. Objective: Students will identify and analyze special purpose maps showing regions of their state or town. Materials: Atlases with a variety of special purpose maps on regions. State maps showing regions. Outline map of New Hampshire and/or maps of local town available through the town office or in the New Hampshire gazetteer. Procedure: Give students about three minutes to write a description of their state or town, without referring to any sources. Invite a few students to share what they have written. These descriptions repre...

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5. Title: A Musical Trip Across New Hampshire#119
Title: A Musical Trip Across New Hampshire 119 National Standard: 1 How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective. State Standard: 10 Teaching Level: E Lesson Introduction: Music is one way to help people remember things. This lesson is int...

6. Social Studies: Review Resource Conflict
...conflict. Standards (NCHS) NCHS Era9: The 20th century since 1945: Promises and Paradoxes Standard 2: The search for community, stability, and peace in an interdependent world Standards in Historical Thinking 5E ? Formulate a position or course of action on an issue. Resource Websites http://pawss.hampshire.edu/topics/resource Activity Embedded Assessment 1. Have students read the following article. Ref: http://pawss.hampshire.edu/topics/resource 2. When finished reading, group students into pairs. 3. Give each student a copy of the following questions and have them discuss and answer them with their partn...

7. The States and Capitals - Part One Lesson Plans
...h of 45 minutes Find Old Friends Time: Reunite With All Your Old Friends At Classmates.com Description: In this lesson, students have to write the capital beside the state. This lesson is in two parts. Goals: Students will learn: The states and capitals To spell the states and capitals Subscribe To Newsletter Name: Materials Worksheet I have included in this lesson Email: Needed: I Am A: Pencils and Erasers ( )Parent ( )Teacher ( )Faculty/Staff Procedure: First, you will copy the worksheet so that each student can have one. Then, you will have them work on the sheet independently. After that, they will hand...

8. CIESE - Wonderful World of Weather Project - Elevation and Temperature
...ngs and conclusions in a whole class discussion. 7. Give the students time to access and read the information on the following USAToday weather sites which illustrate, with examples from several states, that higher elevations have lower temperatures: Arizona and California Colorado, North Carolina, New Hampshire Utah 8. Have students answer the question, "Do higher elevations mean lower temperatures?" in their Weather Learning Logs. Activity 2 Weather Cams For this activity, do the following: 1. Have the students access the Weather Cam at the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. Ask: + What is the ele...

9. Title: The White Mountain Region 213
...articular geographic feature through the five themes of geography: location (absolute and relative), place (cultural and physical), region, movement, and human/environmental interaction, we can develop an understanding of the world around us. Objective: Students will describe the White Mountains in New Hampshire through the five themes of geography. Materials: Maps of the White Mountain National Forest, NH Highway maps, tourist maps, or a NH Gazetteer/Atlas. A variety of pamphlets or brochures on the White Mts. (can be found at information booths and Chambers of Commerce); post cards; newspaper articles or...

10. Title of Lesson: Local Area - What Is a Region?#105
Title of Lesson: Local Area - What Is a Region? 105 Key Words for Cross Reference:region physical characteristics National Standard: 5 The people create regions to interpret Earth's complexity. State Standards: 11 Teaching Level: E Lesson Introduction: The Connecticut River Valley is New Hampshire's most extensive river region. Throughout history the river has influenced people's lives and altered the development of the New England States. The basis of the lesson is readily adaptable to any river system - large or small, as the same aspects apply to all. Objectives/Purpose: -to describe physi...