From Sea to Shining Sea
We took a virtual tour of our wonderful county and studied each state.
Please see the General History page for more books and links.
Click here for a list of the individual state units.
| Resources--books | Resources--websites | Projects | Writing Assignments0 |
Resources
Books
Non-Fiction--Information books:
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Atlas of the United States by David Rubel (Scholastic)* |
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Don’t Know Much About the 50 States by Kenneth D. Davis illustrated by Renee Andriani (Scholastic, 2001; ISBN 0439438519) |
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Encyclopedia of the United States by Judy Bock and Rachel Kranz (Scholastic) * |
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Facts About the Fifty States by Sue R. Brandt (Franklin Watts, 1988; ISBN 531014761) |
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Portrait of America (Rand McNally, 1991; ISBN 0528834460) |
Activity Books:
| A Quick Look at These United States by Steward Ship* |
| All About the States Search-A-Word Puzzles by Frank J. D'Agostino (Dover, 1996; ISBN 0486294005)* |
| Great States! by Cindy Barden, illustrated by Chris Nye (Teaching & Learning Company, 1995; ISBN 1573100188)* |
| Know Your States (Frank Schaffer)* |
| Pleased to Meet Ya', America! by Steward Ship* |
| Star-Spangled Crafts by Kathy Ross, illustrated by Sharon Lane Holm (The Millbrook Press, 2003; ISBN 0761317775)* |
| States and Capitals by Kim Mitzo Thompson (Twin Sisters)* |
| State Birds Stickers and Seals by Annika Bernhard (Dover)* |
| State Flowers Stickers and Seals by Annika Bernhard (Dover)* |
| United States Coloring Book by Winky Adam (Dover)* |
| United States Geography published by Teacher Created Materials* |
Websites
List of links about the States from proteacher.com
Fact and information pages:
| 50 States from 50states.com State songs |
| Choose a State from Classbrain.com |
| Color Landform Atlas of the states from Ocean Remote Sensing--John Hopkins |
| Flags of the States This is a commercial site--allstate flags--but you can see what they look like and might be able to glean some information from the site. |
| Information about the States from the Internet Public Library |
| Information about the states from netstates |
| Native American Tribes in the US from 500 Nations |
| Online Highways need a travel guide |
| Quick Facts from the US Census Bureau |
| Roadside America.com (guide to offbeat tourist attractions) |
| State Emblems and Symbols from social studies for kids |
| State songs listen to the songs from Laura's Midi Heaven |
| The States from Fact Monster--lots of information |
| The States from global computing.com |
| The States from inforplease.com |
| The states Wikipedia,the free encyclopedia |
| The US 50.com |
Activity pages:
| 50 states recipes from Marlen |
| Coloring stamps and activities for state from the United State Postal Service 50 stamps for 50 states from CNN.com These are the colored versions from the USPS (click on resources) |
| Crayola's state by state activity page (require login--free) |
| Enchanted Learning states page |
| State information from Go camping America coloring pages, fact pages and fun |
| State Flags to color from flagspot.net |
| State maps from eduplace.com |
| State Maps "Do-It-Yourself" from Texas A&M |
Games:
| Test your knowledge on state geography from shepherd software |
| Online states game from Primary Games |
| USA Geography quiz from Lizardpoint.com |
History and lesson plans:
| America's Story from America's Library (government site) |
| Guide to American State Flags from Oklahoma University (historical and state flags) |
| History and Activity Books by State about.com unit study for each state from about.com |
| Lessons by States from proteacher.com (lots of links) |
| Mr. Donn's Units on the states |
| My State Theme Unit from abcteach.com |
| National Park Service |
| Postcards from the America Wonderful page to see postcards/pictures from a couple who have traveled the county. |
| States in the U.S.A Pratt's Educational Resources |
| The USA Page from Canton Public Library a bunch of great links |
| USMint "the 50 State Quarters Lesson Plan" home page |
| Visual Memory to help you remember the states from papernapkin |
Commercial sites:
| Learn US States commercial site--Owl & Mouse, with free download |
| My Book of State History CDROM for purchase from abcbooksbyann |
Projects
Please see a specific state as each state or region had different projects.
Writing assignments
Please see a specific state as each state or region had different writing assignments.
Completed February, 2005.
Last update: November, 2006
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