New Hampshire fact file
Research New Hampshire: where it is, what it is known for, three interesting facts, and a drawing.
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New Hampshire reading map
Explore New Hampshire through English readings connected to a field trip, Bretton Woods, and the Cornish art colony. Compare functional text, Reader’s Theater, biography, and fiction with passage details in a class discussion.
10 readings
Compare New Hampshire announcements and stories
Choose a New Hampshire-connected biography, performance, announcement, or story, then examine what the selected text communicates.
School Field Trip AnnouncementLower Elementary · Announcement • Functional TextsNew Hampshire
The Cold Cave AdventureLower Elementary · Short Story • FictionNew Hampshire
The Port City and the Fast SubmarineLower Elementary · Report • InformationalNew Hampshire
Rescuing the Grand Hotel of Bretton WoodsUpper Elementary · Reader's TheaterNew Hampshire
Standing in the Clouds: Mount Washington's Extreme WeatherUpper Elementary · Explanatory Article • InformationalNew Hampshire
Visiting the Flume Gorge: An Explorer's GuideUpper Elementary · How-To / Procedural • Functional TextsNew Hampshire
Augustus Saint-Gaudens and the Cornish Art ColonyMiddle School · BiographyNew Hampshire
The Legacy of the Old Man of the MountainMiddle School · InformationalNew Hampshire
The Salt of Puddle DockMiddle School · Short Story • FictionNew Hampshire
Why Guided Nature Walks Beat the Steep Summit Rush at MonadnockMiddle School · Opinion / ArgumentativeNew HampshireNew Hampshire printables & worksheets
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One PDF with the reading passages, puzzles and worksheets you pick — start from a grade level and adjust from there, with the answer keys at the back.
New Hampshire KWL chart
Write what you already know about New Hampshire, what you want to find out, and what you learned.
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Plan a story set in New Hampshire: characters, setting, problem, what happens first, next, and last, and how it ends.
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Put New Hampshire in the middle and collect words and ideas connected to it.
Browse all word webCompare two things from New Hampshire
Use a Venn diagram to compare two places, landmarks, animals, traditions, or other features from New Hampshire.
Browse all compare two things from new hampshireNew Hampshire acrostic poem
Write an acrostic poem using the letters in the name New Hampshire.
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Printable word puzzles built from New Hampshire words — download as PDF, answer key included.
Easy word search
8×8 grid · 6 words across and down · answer key included
Medium word search
10×10 grid · 8 words with diagonals · answer key included
Tricky word search
12×12 grid · 10 words with backwards words · answer key included
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About New Hampshire
New Hampshire is known as the Granite State due to its extensive granite formations and historical quarrying industry.
Mount Washington, located in the White Mountains, is the highest peak in the northeastern United States.
Concord is the capital city of New Hampshire, while Manchester is its most populous city.
Select a New Hampshire reading to investigate
This state map offers English passages connected to New Hampshire topics. Their forms include an announcement, Reader’s Theater, biography, and short story. Choose one according to the question you want readers to explore, and verify details in the passage.
Compare an announcement and a story
School Field Trip Announcement is labeled functional text. The Cold Cave Adventure is a short story. Ask readers what information an announcement gives and how that differs from the way a story presents events. They can cite examples from the passages rather than infer details from the titles.
Read biography and performance text
Augustus Saint-Gaudens and the Cornish Art Colony is a biography. Rescuing the Grand Hotel of Bretton Woods is Reader’s Theater. Have students compare how each form presents a subject, then choose a detail that shaped their understanding. Review the actual texts before drawing conclusions about the people or places named.
A fact file can organize biographical details; a short response can compare functional text with fiction. For broader subject-based reading, see geography reading passages and worksheets. For state-level context, return to the United States map.
New Hampshire reading map FAQ
What New Hampshire topics appear in these passages?
The titles name a school field trip, Bretton Woods, Augustus Saint-Gaudens and the Cornish art colony, and a cave adventure.
How can readers distinguish the field trip announcement from the story?
The announcement is labeled functional text and the cave selection is a short story. Compare their purposes using details from each passage.
What can students compare in the biography and Reader’s Theater?
They can notice how the formats present a person or place and cite a passage detail that supports their interpretation.
What can students investigate in School Field Trip Announcement?
Ask readers to identify the announcement’s audience and find the details its readers need. Then discuss how its practical purpose differs from the biography and performance text.