New Teaching Aids

Battleship - Naval warfare game in which players try to sink the opponent's ships. Emphasizes strategy, logic and memory. For 2 players, ages 7 and up.

USA History GeoPuzzle - The 16" x 20" puzzle is two maps, one of the United States in 1810 and one of the country today. Includes state and territory names, capitals and dates of incorporation. For ages 4 and up, 117 pieces.

Vega 360 Telescope - 360mm refractor telescope with aluminum optical tube; tripod with mount; 9mm and 20mm glass eyepieces; erecting eyepiece for magnification range of 20x to 80x; 15-page guide. For ages 8 and up.

Who Lives Where? 

A Memory and Matching Game - Players uncover houses looking for the right home for their animals. The first player to house all of their friends wins the game. Teaches memory, matching, shape sorting and animal identification. For ages 3 and up.

Shape and Color Sorter - Helps preschoolers and kindergartners learn the essential skills of hand-eye coordination, shape and color recognition, and sorting.  Ages 2 and up.




Count Your Chickens - A cooperative board game in which all players work together to help Mother Hen collect her chicks and bring them back to the coop. Players take turns moving around the board but work toward a common goal. For 2-4 players, ages 3 and up.



Taking Charge of My Behavior  - Game that focuses on skills and behaviors common to secondary students in various "real-world" settings. Units of focus include: Self-Esteem, Respect and Consideration for Others, Self-Control, Conflict Resolution, Managing Anger and Dealing With Bullies.


Conduct Management Game - This game helps reduce conduct problems and oppositional behavior in children and adolescents. Players learn how to evaluate hostile intent, how to reinforce appropriate behavior, how to use self-statements and problem-solving skills to control inappropriate behavior, and how to understand the point of view of those in authority. Includes Leader's Guide.




Photo Conversation Cards for Children with Autism and Asperger's - 90 color photo cards with a social/communication skills story on the back to help children with autism or Aspergers learn how to understand and handle social interactions and improve oral language skills.

New DVDs

Yucky Worms
'Yucky!' says a young boy about the worms his grandmother digs up in her garden. But he soon changes his mind when he discovers how interesting worms really are, and how important they are in helping the soil, plants, and animals in the garden. Yucky Worms is a lighthearted study enhanced with appealing artwork and the witty comments of the many worms who live in Grandma's garden.

Dinosaur
Students will gain an understanding of the Jurassic and Mesozoic era through study of paleontology, dinosaur entomology, theories of extinction and dinosaur physiology.

The Way Things Work: Levers
A young Mammoth Islander observes some children playing on a see-saw and is inspired to try a simple machine called a lever to get her job done.

Planets & the Solar System
Students will learn the key characteristics of each planet, the difference between inner and outer planets, and which planets have their own moons. They'll take a fascinating look at how remote-control rovers are designed to explore other surfaces in the solar system. Also, in a fun, hands-on activity, students will demonstrate how gravity keeps all the members of the solar system in orbit around the Sun.

The Way Things Work: Flight
When a mammoth delivering canvas awnings gets lifted off the ground by the wind, the Mammoth Islanders discover the power of the wind. The Islanders experiment and eventually learn the right combination of the four forces involved in flight: gravity, lift, thrust, and drag.

The Way Things Work: Musical Instruments
The Mammoth Islanders invite a visiting inventor to a noisy concert of musical mammoths. Then they learn the principles behind various wind, string, brass and percussion instruments. The result is music to their ears.

African-American Heritage
The vibrant sights and sounds of West Africa come alive as children learn about the region's diverse geography and cultures, and they explore the history of African Americans. They'll learn to count to ten in the More language and practice a few words in the Yoruba language, take a field trip to an African food market and learn how to make their own African adinkra cloth designs. They'll also enjoy the animated folktale, "Anansi the Spider," and sing the traditional Senegalese folk song, "Galigi."

The Declaration of Independence
Join our host as she aids viewers in discovering the people and events involved in creating the Declaration of Independence.

America's Documents of Freedom, 1775-1786
The stories behind important documents in United States history, featuring expert commentary from scholars and historians.

America's Documents of Freedom, 1787-1796

The Oregon Trail & The Pony Express
2 documentary programs. The Oregon Trail is an account of America's longest and most famous pioneer trail, covering the reasons for going, the landscape crossed, and the experience as described in immigrants' diaries. The Pony Express describes the gamble that bankrupted the men who started it, and lasted only 19 months, but made a legend of its riders and provided a vital link between California and the Northern states at the start of the Civil War.

The Civil War
This program utilizes exciting reenactments, artifacts and interviews to explore key battles of the Civil War, life on the northern and southern homefronts, and the role of African Americans in the war.

Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Battle & The Address
Brings to life not only Lincoln's famous speech, but also the major events leading up to the Civil War, a comprehensive background on Lincoln's life, and a summary of the Gettysburg Battle itself. Features one of the most famous and most quoted speeches in American history given by Lincoln in just two minutes on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1983 at the dedication of the soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg. Includes re-enactments of the battle, Lincoln's address, and discussion of his speech by local community members.

New Social Studies DVDs

The Great Depression & the New Deal
This riveting program explores the causes of the Great Depression and and the stock market crash. With the nation in turmoil, a newly-elected Franklin D. Roosevelt promised a "New Deal" to the American people to restore confidence in the nation's financial system, get people back to work and bring relief to all segments of the economy.

Civil War: Why, Who, What, When, & Where?
The Civil War was one of the greatest tragedies in American history. It was a time of incredible bravery and patriotic sacrifice. It tried the very foundations of our country, and, in the end, a stronger nation was forged--a true United States.

The Wild Wild Web: A Student's Guide to Preventing Cyber Bullying
Provides a critical tool to educators and counselors to begin engaging young people on the subject of online harassment. The ... DVD: establishes a common sense, three-rule code of conduct for the web; defines the broad range of behaviors that could be classified as cyber bullying; exposes the critical role of the bystander in a common bullying scenario; shares the real life story of an actual cyber bullying incident; and offers simple technical tips for docmenting cyber bullying attacks.

Freedom Riders
This inspirational documentary is about a band of courageous civil-rights activists calling themselves the Freedom Riders. Gaining impressive access to influential figures on both sides of the issue, it chronicles a chapter of American history that stands as an astonishing testament to the accomplishment of youth and what can result from the incredible combination of personal conviction and the courage to organize against all odds.

Founding of America
They are the pioneers of America, some of the nation's most recognizable faces, the men responsible for the creation of the United States. In-depth portraits of the country's most prominent statesmen, including the secrets they shared and the legacies they left behind, make up this comprehensive collection of documentaries from HISTORY.

Civil War Minutes: Confederate
Journal entries, letters, photographs and other archival artifacts are used to explore what life was like for Americans during the Civil War, and those directly involved with the Civil War.

Civil War Minutes: Union
Journal entries, letters, photographs and other archival artifacts are used to explore what life was like for Americans during the Civil War, and those directly involved with the Civil War.

School House Rock!: Election Collection
A whole new generation of patriots can be inspired by the memorable songs that explain how our government is set up and how the electoral process works. Plus, keep track of the actual voting results in all 50 states.

Words by Heart
A drama about the prejudice that confronts a young girl and her family when they move to an all-white Missouri town and become targets of violence and tragedy.

And the Children Shall Lead
In 1964, segregation is a reality in Catesville, Mississippi, but 12-year-old Rachel who is black and her friend Jenny who is white, don't notice until a group of civil rights activists comes to town to register black voters. As the tension between black and white citizens grows, it's up to Rachel and Jenny to persuade the adults to overcome the racial barriers that divide them.

New Social Studies DVD

Google Earth World History
Combine geography skills with core content in world history using Google Earth's dynamic satellite imagery software. Each unit furnishes students with a map overlay file on which they affix placemarkers for specific cities and regions, and use tools within the software to draw routes, highlight specific areas, and measure distances. Requires computer with Google Earth installed.

New Social Studies Game

Ticket to Ride
On October 2, 1900, 28 years to the day that London eccentric Phileas Fogg accepted and then won a wager that he could travel "around the world in 80 days", some of his old friends gathered to celebrate Fogg's adventure and plan an adventure of their own - to see who could travel by rail to the most cities in North America in 7 days. Based on that wager, this game is a cross-country train adventure in which players collect and play matching train cards to claim railway routes connecting cities throughout North America. The longer the routes, the more points they earn. Additional points come to those who can fulfill their Destination Tickets by connecting two distant cities, and to the player who builds the longest continuous railway. For 2-5 players, ages 8 and up. Average game time 30-60 minutes.

New Teaching Aids

Football Multiplication
This bingo-like game teaches multiplication facts to 12. For 2-10 players, ages 7 and up.

SpinZone Magnetic Whiteboard Game: Nutrition
Using a whiteboard, the magnetic pieces of this game are used to teach the food pyramid, food groups, and nutrition. For ages 5 and up.

Alphabet Train Floor Puzzle
Contains 28 large pieces which form a 10' long puzzle displaying the upper- and lower-case letters of the alphabet as cars in a train. Each letter is accompanied by a picture of an animal that starts with that letter, with the name of the animals written on the cars. For ages 3 and up.

Colors & Shapes Dominoes
Uses 72 dominoes displaying 12 colors and 12 shapes to reinforce those concepts. For ages 3 and up.

Bilingual Everyday Words
42 two-piece, self-correcting puzzles match English and Spanish words. Ideal for English language learners and for teaching Spanish as a foreign language. For ages 6 and up.

Money Bags: Coin Value Game
Players follow the path on the game board, earning and exchanging coins as they go. For 2-4 players, ages 7 and up.

Sequence States & Capitals
In this bingo-like game, players match each state's shape and color on playing cards to the same state shape and color on the board. Instructions in English and Spanish. For 2-6 players, ages 7 and up.

Pizza Fraction Fun
Game may be played seven different ways, including matching fraction equivalents and adding and subtracting fractions. For 2-6 players, ages 6 and up.

New Teaching Aids

French Vocabulary Flash Cards
Contains 1000 flash cards covering a range of topics.

Spanish Vocabulary Flash Cards
Contains 1000 flash cards covering a range of topics.

Syl-la-bles Game
Players must think of the longest and most difficult (correctly spelled) words that begin with the letter on the spaces they land on. For 2-8 players, ages 8 to adult.

Know the States! Game
Players answer geography-based questions as they race around a map of the United States. Players select questions appropriate for 3rd and 4th grades or for 5th, 6th, and 7th grades. For 2 or more players, ages 8 and up.

Loose Change
Taking turns, each player attempts to add cards to previously played cards that will then add up to $1.00. For 2-6 players, ages 6 and up.

Geo-Bingo Game
Players use bingo cards that show the names and maps of various countries. As cards are drawn, players cover that country on their cards. The cards contain information about the country, including population, area, and its continent, and display a map that shows surrounding countries. For 2-8 players.

Abacus
Use of an abacus can teach color and pattern recognition, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It encourages problem-solving and improves hand/eye coordination. Includes extension activities guide. For ages 3 and up.

Ohio Timeline
Shows 48 important events in the history of Ohio from 1669 to 2012. Correlates with Ohio's Academic Content Standards.

Favorite Animals Photographic Learning Cards
Contains 45 photocards (4.25" x 5.5") featuring animals, birds, reptiles, and fish from around the world. Includes resource guide in English, Spanish, and French. For grades PreK-Grade 1 and for English language language learners.

Alphabet: Signs, Letters, Sounds
Contains 26 alphabet cards (5.5" x 8.5") showing the upper case and lower case letters, the sign language for each letter, and a picture of an object beginning with each letter.

Emotions Photographic Learning Cards
Contains 22 photo cards (5.5" x 8.5") of young children demonstrating different emotions. Includes activity guide in English, Spanish, and French. For grades PreK-1 and for English language learners.

Chunky Puzzle: Shapes
Contains 8 different shapes of various colors: circle, square, diamond, rectangle, triangle, heart, star, and oval.

Counting Peg Puzzle
Peg puzzle displaying the numbers 0-9, with pictures under the pieces. For ages 2 and up.
 
Alphabet Peg Puzzle
Alphabet peg puzzle, includes pictures under the letters. For ages 3 and up.

New Activity and Idea Books

Teaching green : the high school years : hands-on learning in grades 9-12

Forms at your fingertips. Grades 1-6 : over 150 timesaving forms to manage your classroom 





How to make super pop-ups

From The Historian's Apprentice series:

Garrison and Douglass : abolitionism in Black and White

What happened at Ellis Island?

Manifest Destiny and its critics 

How "Radical" was the American Revolution? 

Jefferson vs. Hamilton : two visions of a nation

 

New Social Studies Activity Books

From the series "The Historian's Apprentice":

Why Did the Civil Rights Movement Succeed?

What Did It Mean to Be a Puritan?

The Consitution and Slavery

Happy Trails: The Appeal of the Frontier in 19th-Century America

FDR and the First Hundred Days

The 1920s: Golden Age or Age of Illusion?

The Emancipation Proclamation: Political Ploy or Courageous Gamble?

The Great Society and Its Critics

Urban Disorder and Progressive Reform

New DVD

In Plain English: Making Sense of the Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis presents information with illustrations explaining the Federal Reserve. This includes information about the three divisions of the Federal Reserve and the duties of each division.

New Computer Software

The Great Depression
This curriculum guide for the Great Depression for grades 9-12 was produced by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

New September 11 Curriculum

September 11 Education Program
Set includes : 2 DVD-ROM discs, 7 complete print lessons with reproducible student handouts (pdf), 1 remembrance presentation discussion questions (pdf), 1 Google earth (kmz) file and 1 complete 9/11 Commission Report (pdf), all in a 3-ring binder.

New Teaching Aids

States and Capitals Pocket Flash Cards
Contains 50 state cards, 3 outlying area cards, and 3 activity cards that teach about the states of the United States. Each card contains information on the state's capital, state bird, state flower, industries, admission to the union, etc.

Play Money
Contains play bills and coins of various denominations in large tray. Includes suggested extension activities. For ages 3 and up.

Cross Section Brain Model
Soft foam cross-section model of the human brain. For grades 2 and up.

Cross Section Heart Model
Soft foam cross-section model of the human heart. For grades 2 and up.


U.S. States and Capitals Bingo
Teaches the states of the United States and their capitals. For 3 to 36 players, ages 8 and up.


Antonyms Bingo
Builds vocabulary while teaching antonyms for 60 words. For 3 to 36 players, ages 8 and up.

U.S.A. Bingo
Teaches state capitals, nicknames, and more. For 3 to 36 players, ages 8 and up.




Survival Signs & Symbols Flash Cards
Contains 75 signs and their definitions. Includes activity ideas.

U.S. States and Capitals Flash Cards
Contains 109 cards: 50 state cards, 55 state and territory fact cards, 2 U.S. cards, 1 capital card, and 1 resource card. For ages 8 and up

New Social Studies Teaching Aids

Native American in Canoe
9.5" model of Native American paddling a canoe.








The First Thanksgiving Bulletin Board Set
A 7-piece bulletin board set featuring the first Thanksgiving. Includes a Discovery Guide with information and activities.




Thanksgiving J-I-N-G-O
A BINGO style game that helps celebrate Thanksgiving while learning interesting facts about its symbols, customs, and traditions. Contains 30 player cards, clue cards, directions for play, and ideas for extension. For all ages.

New Social Studies DVDs

From Ambrose Video:

16th & 17th Century: Turning Points in U.S. History
This three-disc set chronicles decisive events in the crucial colonial period that would lead to the founding of the United States of America. To the south, Spain occupied Florida and the desert southwest; to the north, France took hold along the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River; and England settled along the eastern seaboard of the Atlantic. Names come alive from America's past. Some are well known, like Ponce de Leon, John Smith, Pocahontas, Father Jacques Marquette and William Penn; some are lesser known, such as Pedro Menendez, John Winthrop, Anne Hutchinson, Peter Stuyvesant, Metacom and Robert La Salle. An accompanying CD-ROM contains documents, maps, a teacher's guide and quizzes in PDF and JPG formats.

18th Century: Turning Points in U.S. History
This four-disc set begins as the 18th century dawned on the North American continent; four powers - the French, the Spanish, the British and the Native Americans were competing to see who would control this remarkable land. However after half a century of almost continuous wars, a new entity emerged: The Americans. It would be the Americans, and not the other four powers, who would control what would become the United States. By the end of the 18th century the Americans had created the greatest experiment in self-government the world has ever seen. Includes documents that can be viewed as Mac text files, Mac Word files, PC text files, PC Word files, or as an HTML web page ; all maps are in JPEG format.

New Social Studies Activity Book

Elections in the U.S.A. - Isabelle McCoy

Elections in the U.S.A. helps students learn about the democratic process with activities created just for them!

• Loaded with historical information, arts, crafts, games, recipes and more
• Detailed instructions and material lists simplify lesson planning
• Experiential activities include mock elections, speechmaking and tracking popular and electoral votes

New Teaching Aids

Elections in the U.S.A. Photo Activity Cards
This set of 8 cards focuses on presidential elections in the United States. Each card contains suggestions for classroom activities.

Children Around the World Photo Activity Cards
This set of 8 cards pictures children from Africa, China, the Arctic, Mexico, Japan, Germany, India, and Peru. The reverse of each card offers suggestions for large-group and small-group activities, as well as a brief decsription of the country.

Habitats Photo Activity Cards
This set of 8 cards pictures various habitats around the world: forest, desert, grassland, ocean, pond, rain forest, Arctic tundra, and swamp. The reverse of each card offers large-group and small-group activities as well as a description of the habitat.

Seasons Photo Activity Cards
This set of 8 activity cards contains 2 cards for each season: spring, summer, fall (autumn), and winter. The reverse of each card offers suggestions for large-group and small-group activities, as well as factual information about each season.

Transportation Photo Activity Cards
This set of 8 cards pictures different modes of transportation: bicycle, bus, car, airplane, ship, subway, train, and truck. The reverse of each card offers suggestions for large-group and small-group activities, as well as a brief description of each mode of transportation.

New Videos

Charlotte's Web (DVD)
In ordinary Somerset County, a young farm girl named Fern rescues the runt of a litter of pigs from her father's ax. Fern names the pig Wilbur, takes care of him, and continues to visit him every day after he is moved to her Uncle Homer Zuckerman's barn across the road. But it's Wilbur's friendship with Charlotte the spider that ultimately saves him from the "smoke house" when Charlotte's talent for weaving praiseworthy words about Wilbur into her web, along with a little help from Templeton the rat and the other barn inhabitants, turns the Zuckerman farm into a tourist attraction. Study guide also available.

VeggieTales: Moe and the Big Exit (DVD)
A cowboy finds out he's living better than his family, and stands up to the mayor of the town. A western version of the story of Moses.

Netherlands Cultural Overview (VHS)
Four short films about the Netherlands: Rembrandt (15 min.) -- Vi5ions (18 min.) -- Keukenhof - 50 years of blooming (16 min.) -- Holland waterproof (16 min.)

Dinah Zike's Teaching Science with Foldables (VHS)
Includes background information about Foldables and step-by-step demonstrations of how to make Foldables and implement them into your classroom as reading, study, and assessment tools.

New Teaching Aids

Noah's Ark
Flannelgraph figures representing the story of Noah's Ark. For ages 3 and up.

How a Butterfly Grows puzzle
This 20-piece puzzle showing the life cycle of a butterfly consists of four layers demonstrating how a caterpillar grows into a butterfly. For ages 4 and up.

How a Frog Grows puzzle
This 20-piece puzzle showing the life cycle of a frog consists of four layers demonstrating how a tadpole grows into a frog. For ages 4 and up.

Africa and the Middle East puzzle
65 piece puzzle of Africa and the Middle East, with puzzle pieces shaped like the countries. For ages 4 and up.

Latin America puzzle
50 piece puzzle of Latin America, with puzzle pieces shaped like the countries. For ages 4 and up.

Rainbow Fraction Dominoes
Teaches fraction values of 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/6, and 1/8, with multiple levels of play. For ages 6 and up.