The Fifty States

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The Fifty States

Learn the States and Capitals	State Facts and Information	State Lesson Plans
Learn the States and Capitals The USA Quiz Place the State Drag and drop the state into the correct location Find the State States Quiz States Web Games Learn the locations, capitals, abbreviations and over 500 important facts about our 50 states US Map Games Includes online activities for states, capitals, landforms, bodies of water	America's Story - Explore the States Learn all about the fifty states in this online, interactive guide. Each state links to further stories, such as twisters in Kansas, mule trail rides in the Grand Canyon in Arizona, or Little Big Horn in Montana. Explore the States Facts and trivia on all 50 states, with a clickable map. The Making of the Fifty States NetState.com Aside from the symbols, flags, seals, emblems, and famous people of each state, you will also find "interesting trivia, comparisons, and the 50 state designs for U.S. quarters too!" This is a good resource for the basics. The Nifty Fifty States Another “click-on-state” site. This one is extremely kid-friendly with all the traditional facts and a few that you won’t find anywhere else, like where dinosaur fossils found. States and Capitals State Emblems and Symbols The US50 - A guide to the 50 states United States Facts and Statistics Postcards from America This site chooses one state per week, and then supplies one postcard per day from a different place of interest within that state. Teaching activities, state facts, stamps, state flags, maps, travel tips, and more. Postcards from America Postcards and photographs from a teacher as she traveled across the country to a different state each week. Stately Knowledge Facts about the United States The United States A great kid-friendly site that provides links to all kinds of neat tidbits about each state, from tourist attractions, to government, to neat stories. Warning, each state takes awhile to download The 50 States from Infoplease includes information on state mottos and symbols, maps, famous persons, government and a short state article.	Shaving Cream Landforms Teach the difference between plains and plateaus, hills and mountains? Grades 1-5 PlayDough State Maps Elementary & Middle School US Template This is a template for a state brochure. Edible States Make state maps and landforms are formed out of cookie dough, with various geological features shaped with chocolate chips and M & M's. All levels Bingo and the 50 States Learn the states and capitals by playing Bingo.
States WebQuests
See the USA WebQuest Choose from 6 cities and plan a travel itinerary, a budget and an entry essay to "win" a trip. Fifty States WebQuest Research one of the fifty states. State information chart included. Crisscrossing the USA Scavenger Hunt for all ages Coast to Coast Virtual Road Trip As students travel with unlimited budgets but must record the amounts they spend for a car, food, hotel, tourism, etc. They will create postcards, brochures, maps, weather charts, and reports. Middle & High School level The Best State Web Quest The students' mission is to travel all around the fifty states and decide what key features they find to be the best in each of the states. They will be required to produce an editorial, an oral presentation, and a travel brochure. Explore the States Treasure Hunt! Learn some interesting facts about each of the fifty states as you go hunting for pictures on the list.		Maps
		US Map Library Outline Maps of Everything USA State Map/Quiz Printouts