The 50 States

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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:

bulletA Quick Look at These United States  by Steward Ship*
bulletAll About the States Search-A-Word Puzzles  by Frank J. D'Agostino (Dover, 1996; ISBN 0486294005)*
bulletGreat States!  by Cindy Barden, illustrated by Chris Nye (Teaching & Learning Company, 1995; ISBN 1573100188)*
bulletKnow Your States (Frank Schaffer)*
bulletPleased to Meet Ya', America!  by Steward Ship*
bulletStar-Spangled Crafts by Kathy Ross, illustrated by Sharon Lane Holm (The Millbrook Press, 2003; ISBN 0761317775)*
bulletStates and Capitals by Kim Mitzo Thompson (Twin Sisters)*
bulletState Birds Stickers and Seals by Annika Bernhard (Dover)*
bulletState Flowers Stickers and Seals by Annika Bernhard (Dover)*
bulletUnited States Coloring Book by Winky Adam (Dover)*
bulletUnited States Geography published by Teacher Created Materials*

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Websites

List of links about the States from proteacher.com

Fact and information pages:

bullet50 States from 50states.com State songs
bulletChoose a State from Classbrain.com
bulletColor Landform Atlas of the states from Ocean Remote Sensing--John Hopkins
bulletFlags 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.
bulletInformation about the States from the Internet Public Library
bulletInformation about the states from netstates
bulletNative American Tribes in the US from 500 Nations
bulletOnline Highways need a travel guide
bulletQuick Facts from the US Census Bureau
bullet Roadside America.com (guide to offbeat tourist attractions)
bulletState Emblems and Symbols from social studies for kids
bulletState songs listen to the songs from Laura's Midi Heaven
bulletThe States from Fact Monster--lots of information
bulletThe States from global computing.com
bulletThe States from inforplease.com
bulletThe states Wikipedia,the free encyclopedia
bulletThe US 50.com

Activity pages:

bullet 50 states recipes from Marlen
bulletColoring 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)
bullet Crayola's state by state activity page (require login--free)
bulletEnchanted Learning states page
bullet State information from Go camping America coloring pages, fact pages and fun
bulletState Flags to color from flagspot.net
bulletState maps from eduplace.com
bulletState Maps "Do-It-Yourself" from Texas A&M

Games:

bullet Test your knowledge on state geography from shepherd software
bulletOnline states game from Primary Games
bulletUSA Geography quiz from Lizardpoint.com

History and lesson plans:

bullet America's Story from America's Library (government site)
bulletGuide to American State Flags from Oklahoma University (historical and state flags)
bullet History and Activity Books by State about.com unit study for each state from about.com
bulletLessons by States from proteacher.com (lots of links)
bulletMr. Donn's Units on the states
bulletMy State Theme Unit from abcteach.com
bulletNational Park Service
bulletPostcards from the America Wonderful page to see postcards/pictures from a couple who have traveled the county.
bullet States in the U.S.A Pratt's Educational Resources
bulletThe USA Page from Canton Public Library a bunch of great links
bullet USMint "the 50 State Quarters Lesson Plan"   home page
bulletVisual Memory to help you remember the states from papernapkin

Commercial sites:

bulletLearn US States commercial site--Owl & Mouse, with free download
bulletMy Book of State History CDROM for purchase from abcbooksbyann

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Projects

Please see a specific state as each state or region had different projects.

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Writing assignments

Please see a specific state as each state or region had  different writing assignments.

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Completed February, 2005.

 

   

Last update: November, 2006

   

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