United+States+Geography

Unit packet written for grades 5-8 (includes student-made bulletin board)

These materials and links have been used in a 3-4 classroom.

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/usa.html - This site has .pdf outline maps of all 50 states by region. You can also get individual state maps here. Students were given a blank map that was filled in with the class on the board. Students were given another blank page and used that to make flash cards with the outline of the state on one side, and the state's name, symbols, and capitol on the back.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm - There are a couple of dozen activities for learning about states, capitols, and regions of the United States. The activities are of varying degrees of difficulty, and are appropriate for class, small group, or individual study. For $20, you can also receive all their interactives for offline use.

To go along with the other activities, these documents quizzed kids on the states by region.