Geography Series – U.S. New England

Customers may also write in and suggest to add books to this list. All lists come recommended to us by others and have not all been vetted by us. If you have any suggestions to add to this list, please email in so we can do so. Some of these books may contain more mature themes or theology or other educational teachings that we do not necessarily endorse, so we advise all parents to screen for content and personal beliefs. Books can also be sub-categorized into different age groups, so feel free to jump around!

Early Learner
• One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey
• Island Boy by Barbara Cooney
• Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
• Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
• Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
• Lucy’s Christmas by Donald Hall
• John Deere, That’s Who! By Tracy Nelson Maurer
• Ox Cart Man by Donald Hall
• Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley
• Champ and Me by the Maple Tree by Ed Shankman
• Dario and the Whale by Cheryl Lawton Malone
• Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
• Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness
• Noah Webster and His Words by Jeri Chase Ferris
• Wilhelmina Goes Wandering by John-Manuel Andriote
• Blizzard by John Rocco
• Nickommoh! By Jackie French Koller
• The Bravest Woman in America by Marissa Moss

Growing Learner
• Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
• I Survived the Great Molasses Flood by Lauren Tarshis
• Alec’s Primer by Mildred Pitts Walter
• Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys by R. Conrad Stein
• Paul Revere’s Ride by Ted Rand
• Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
• The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
• Amos Fortune by Elizabeth Yates
• Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
• Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
• Testing the Ice by Sharon Robinson
• 26 Fairmont Avenue by Tomie dePaola
• Mill by David Macaulay
• Birth of Cool by Kathleen Cornell Berman

Advanced Learner
• Lost on a Mountain in Maine by Donn Fender
• Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
• Alan Shepard by Janet and Geoff Benge
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• Carry on Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
• The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale by Jeanne Birdsall
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
• Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
• The Moffats by Eleanor Estes
• The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle

Supplies List

All activities in the unit are as follows.

– Culinary activity (ingredients needed will vary depending on what you have in your pantry already)

– Life/job/science skills activity

– Bucket List

We intentionally design our units so that you should have most everything you need around your home. Anything extra will be listed below:

LESSON 1/2 – Option 2
Tape, straws, tea light

LESSON 3/4 -Option 2
Nothing extra is needed

LESSON 5/6 – Option 2
Nothing extra is needed

LESSON 7/8 – Option 2
Gingerbread house ingredients

LESSON 9/10 – Option 2
Cardboard that can be cut into pieces
Small mirrors from a craft store
Craft glue or double-sided tape

LESSON 11/12 – Option 2
Nothing extra is needed

Sources

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https://coast.noaa.gov/data/docs/states/shorelines.pdf

https://physics.weber.edu/schroeder/ua/sunandseasons.html

https://www.maine.gov/dacf/lupc/about/offices/downeast.shtml

https://www.nps.gov/acad/index.htm

https://www.weather.gov/btv/25th-Anniversary-of-the-Devastating-1998-Ice-Storm-in-the-Northeast

https://www.maine.gov/dmr/news/fri-03032023-1200-2022-commercial-fisheries-value-returns-levels-more-line-recent-years

https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2017-11-21/maine-lobster-the-most-valuable-species-in-us-seas-hit-by-trumps-trade-stance

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26671890/

https://rlht.org/height-of-land/

https://www.desertofmaine.com/

https://hamptonbeach.org/

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/first-first-sunrise-each-new-england-state/

https://www.maine.gov/ifw/docs/lake-survey-maps/somerset/flagstaff_lake.pdf

https://web.colby.edu/stateofmaine2014/the-state-of-maine-islands/

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https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1067&context=books_pubs

https://westquoddy.com/

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Mount Washington Observatory

https://www.nh.gov/almanac/fast-facts.htm

https://www.nhstateparks.org/find-parks-trails/hampton-beach-state-park

https://www.nh.gov/almanac/history.htm

https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/new-hampshire/state-nickname/granite-state

https://www.lakeandislandproperties.com/lake-winnipesaukee-islands/

https://www.lwhs.us/winisl-islandlist.htm

https://freedomsway.org/story/samuel-wilson/

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https://www.nh.gov/almanac/history.htm

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https://news.gallup.com/poll/189038/new-hampshire-least-religious-state.aspx

https://www.nh.gov/glance/house.htm

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https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/crime-rate-by-state

https://www.stonehengeusa.com/

http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/landscap/usa/nh/mysthill.htm

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/robert-frost

https://www.robertfrost.org/

https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/life-of-john-f-kennedy/fast-facts-john-f-kennedy/the-gift-outright-by-robert-frost

https://www.nasa.gov/history/35-years-ago-remembering-challenger-and-her-crew/

https://www.governor.nh.gov/news-and-media/christa-mcauliffe-commission-selects-artist

https://www.nhstateparks.org/find-parks-trails/franconia-notch-state-park

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https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/restaurant-locator.html

http://historicsites.vermont.gov/bennington-monument

https://burlingtonhousing.org/properties/property.php?id=3

https://www.arc.gov/about-the-appalachian-region/

https://www.lclt.org/about-lake-champlain/lake-champlain-facts/

http://www.dec.ny.gov/things-to-do/freshwater-fishing/places-to-fish/adirondack-lake-champlain/lake-champlain-overview-map

https://www.eia.gov/state/analysis.php?sid=VT

https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=VT

https://www.haskelloperahouse.org/

https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=704

https://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.vt.htm

https://vermonthistoryexplorer.org/client_media/files/GreenMountaineer/vermontsveryown.pdf

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiO5YuNz4uDAxX8LUQIHfdUAZ0QFnoECBkQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fvnrc.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F02%2F1986_Spring_VER_reduced.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3DS59nGwn4kzRndEMRxYtz&opi=89978449

https://www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library/exhibitions/champlain/pages/champlain.html

https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/samuel-de-champlain/

https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3592

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/french-indian-war

https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/seven-years-war/

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/vermont-admission-anniversary.html

https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/centralvermont/vhistory1.htm

https://vermonthistory.org/freedom-unity-fourteenth-state

https://sos.vermont.gov/vsara/learn/constitution/amending-the-constitution/process/

http://historicsites.vermont.gov/ethan-allen

https://dlp.vermont.gov/tags/ethan-allen-residence

https://www.bia.gov/as-ia/opa/online-press-release/origin-names-us-states

https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/2010/geo/state-local-geo-guides-2010/vermont.html

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=25

https://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/vt/boorn-brothers.html

https://www.nrm.org/

https://americanart.si.edu/artist/norman-rockwell-7321

http://historicsites.vermont.gov/calvin-coolidge

https://fpr.vermont.gov/smugglers-notch-state-park

https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/prequel-to-revolution.html

https://www.nps.gov/articles/embattled-farmers-and-the-shot-heard-round-the-world-the-battles-of-lexington-and-concord-teaching-with-historic-places.htm

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/industrial-revolution-in-the-united-states/

https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon

https://data.census.gov/profile/Massachusetts?g=040XX00US25

https://www.boston.gov/news/100-years-ago-today-molasses-crashes-through-bostons-north-end

https://www.boston.gov/

https://www.capecodchamber.org/

https://springfield.edu/where-basketball-was-invented-the-birthplace-of-basketball

https://www.volleyhall.org/william-g-morgan.html

https://www.mass.gov/info-details/why-is-massachusetts-a-commonwealth

https://www.elon.edu/u/imagining/time-capsule/150-years/back-1870-1940/

https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/technology/item/who-is-credited-with-inventing-the-telephone/

https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-telephone-invention

https://www.loc.gov/collections/edison-company-motion-pictures-and-sound-recordings/articles-and-essays/biography/life-of-thomas-alva-edison/

https://www.mass.gov/locations/mount-tom-state-reservation

https://www.chilmarkma.gov/chilmark-library/chilmark-history/pages/deaf-history-marthas-vineyard

Signs of Diplomacy – International Day of Sign Languages

https://us.pez.com/pages/company-information

https://marktwainhouse.org/

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/sybil-ludington

https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=0FAA3FCF-E434-5B6F-86182FCC28FA2B5F

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/women-on-stamps-part-1-forming-the-nation-revolutionary-fighters/sybil-ludington

Walter Camp Football Foundation Homepage

https://library.medicine.yale.edu/cushingcenter/about

https://www.courant.com/2013/10/03/city-nicknames-in-connecticut/

https://museumofcthistory.org/underground-railroad-sites-on-the-connecticut-freedom-trail/

Harriet Beecher Stowe

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/prudence-crandall

Underground Railroad Sites on the Connecticut Freedom Trail

https://portal.ct.gov/DOT/General/History/Chapter-2-DOT-History/

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/how-polaroid-camera-born-conn-boys-camp/

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https://ctstatelibrary.org/CT-nicknames

https://portal.ct.gov/csl/research/state-nicknames?language=en_US

https://portal.ct.gov/DPH/Epidemiology-and-Emerging-Infections/A-Brief-History-of-Lyme-Disease-in-Connecticut

https://portal.ct.gov/About/State-Symbols/The-State-Insect

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/capabilities/sikorsky.html

https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/igor-sikorsky/

https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/igor-sikorsky

https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/medalofscience50/sikorsky.jsp

https://www.easthaddamstories.org/gillette

https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/State-Parks/Parks/Gillette-Castle-State-Park

https://www.gillettecastlefriends.org/park-info

https://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/arnold.html

ARNOLD, JAMES N. The life and times of Benedict Arnold, first governor of Rhode Island under the charter…. Newport: Mercury Publishing, 1901.

https://dem.ri.gov/natural-resources-bureau/agriculture-and-forest-environment/forest-environment/state-land-stewardship-new-growth-forests

https://savingsuperman.risd.edu/SUPERMAN-BUILDING

WaterFire Providence

Home

https://www.blockislandinfo.com/

https://catalog.sos.ri.gov/repositories/2/digital_object_components/11528

https://www.bigbluebug.com/the-big-blue-bug

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https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjtt9PF4ouDAxXFJUQIHXhtD0YQFnoECA0QAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ri.gov%2Ffacts%2Fhistory.php&usg=AOvVaw3oxe9CZSSO_vpPYy1UHd_C&opi=89978449

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj_x4XM4ouDAxVFh-4BHaFBBV4QFnoECA0QAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.sos.ri.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fcivicsandeducation%2FRI_Activity_Book.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0-T00Y-HekqwheEKVb5qiQ&opi=89978449

https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/february-05/

https://www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/civics-and-education/for-educators/themed-collections/rhode-island-charter

Touro Synagogue

https://catalog.sos.ri.gov/agents/corporate_entities/121?&filter_fields[]=subjects&filter_values[]=United+States.+Declaration+of+Independence.

https://www.fourthofjulybristolri.com/

https://whitehorsenewport.com/history/

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/stua/hd_stua.htm

https://www.gilbert-stuart.org/

https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/gilbert-stuart-1755-1828/

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/gilbert-stuart

https://www.bep.gov/currency/circulating-currency/1-note

https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/trend-tradition-magazine/spring-2016/head-money/

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/34341

https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/300085

https://riparks.ri.gov/parks/beavertail-state-park

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