50 States Links

 

 

  1. Bens Guide to the U.S. Government

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/state/index.html

This site has information on state governments and how there sit up.

It also has information on state versus federal government. The site

Uses the character of Ben Franklin to give students the information

And is meant for grades 3-5.

  1. America’s Story

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es

This site is hosted by the Library of Congress and offers children a

Information on each individual state and also interactive games on all the states. The information includes when the state joined the union, geography, and state facts such as the state flower.

3.      Capitol Field Trip

http://www.funschool.com/games_popup.php?g=ges_uscapquiz&t=j&w=620&h=360

This game by funschool.com where students are given the capitol of state and they have to click on a corresponding picture on the map of the U.S. This would be a great game to use for a study guide to memorize capitols and practice identifying U.S. states.

4.      Social Studies for Kids

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/usstates/delawarehistory1.htm

This site includes a series called the making of the states. The series

Starts with Delaware the first state to ratify the Constitution.  The

Series offers information on how each state became a state along with

Other facts about the state.

5.      The National Park Service

http://www.nps.gov/parks.html

This site offers a complete list of parks and every state and

Information about every national park. Students could use this site

To find information on parks in state they were researching.

 

6.      National Geographic Map Machine

http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/

This site has various maps that students can choose to bring up on the

Map machine. Maps include information on climate, population and

Employment along with many others.

7.      50 State Recipes

http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/ubbs/archive/staterecipes.html

This site offers a recipe from each of the fifty states. The recipes used

Include a typical ingredient from each state.  These could be fun to

Make in class and also show children typical products from each state.

8.      50 Nifty United States

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/fiftynifty.htm

This site includes lyrics to a song which about the fifty states. The

The song when memorized would help children recite the 50 states in

Alphabetical order. This would be a fun class activity.

9.      U.S. State Flags

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/fiftynifty.htm

Shows a pictures of flags for each state in the union and also offers a

Printable coloring quiz students could use to color the state their

Researching flag.

10.  Voting Machine

http://www.pbs.org/democracy/kids/vote/

This site hosted by PBS allows kids to register to become future voters

Of the state they are from. Would be a great way to go over voting

Laws for you state.