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  1. New Jersey History Kids
  2. Around and About New Jersey
  3. New Jersey Legacy
  4. New Jersey History Partnership Project
  5. A Topical Guide to Materials for Teaching New Jersey History
  1. New Jersey History Kids

    An interactive, multimedia website for students in grades K-4, incorporating the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards.  Click here: New Jersey History Kids

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  2. Around and About New Jersey


    These teachers guides were produced in connection with the Around and About New Jersey television series, eight, fifteen minutes programs, intended for elementary school students.  However, they can be used independently from the television programs.  Each guide contains a summary of the topic, suggested lessons and activities, primary source documents, maps, and illustrations.  To view the guides, click here: Around and About New Jersey Teacher's Guides.

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  3. New Jersey Legacy




    The following teacher's guides were produced in connection with the New Jersey Legacy televisions series, which traces the history of New Jersey from 1609 to the present. However, they can be used independently from the television programs. The guides are intended for middle and high school students.  Each guide contains a summary of the topic, suggested lessons and activities, primary source documents, maps, and illustrations.  To view the teacher's guides, click here;
    New Jersey Legacy Teacher's Guides.

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  4. New Jersey History Partnership Project




    The following interactive, multimedia website was produced by the New Jersey History Partnership Project, a collaboration of the Montville Township School District, Kean University, and the New Jersey Historical Commission.  Funded by a Teaching American History grant from the U.S. Department of  Education, it is intended for middle and high school students.  The website contains topic summaries, suggested lessons and activies, bibliographies, primary source documents, maps, and illustrations on three units: the American Revolution, the Market Revolution, and the Progressive Era.  To view the website, click here:
    New Jersey History Partnership Project.

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  5. A Topical Guide to Materials for Teaching New Jersey History


    The following guide begins with an brief essay by David Steven Cohen on Why Teach New Jersey History.  The guide itself is divided into two parts.  Part I is organized by topics and includes materials suitable for use in kindergarten through fourth grade.  Part II is organized chronologically and by topic.  Each topic is subdivided into two sections: (a) materials suitable for use in grades 5 though 8 and (b) materials suitable for use in grades 9 through 12. Click here:
    Topical Guide.

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