I chose to do my choice option project on the fifty states, titled THE FIFTY
STATES.? I feel that this is a very important topic and that all children need to learn not
only that there are fifty states, but the capitols, abbreviations, and other important
information. While gathering information about the fifty states, I came to a few web sites
and even a book. I did not look for any journal articles, because I did not feel that any of
those would help children understand about the basics knowledge of the fifty states. If I
had done this project for a higher-grade level, I would have gone deeper in the research
This lesson is geared toward the third through fifth grade levels. The activities on
the learning center can easily be modified if they become to easy, or you would like to
work on a different area of the United States. The first two activities are somewhat
similar, but still have two completely different objectives.
The first activity is titledKNOW YOUR STATES.? The objective for this
activity is for the children to know what some of the states look like and be able to
identify them by that and also by seeing their capitol city. The students will bring a piece
of paper to the center and number it from one to ten. They will the follow the rest of the
directions posted by the big blue number one. Once they have completed the activity,
they can flip the page over and check their answers on the back. They are now ready to
go to the next activity, number two.
The second activity is titledKNOW YOUR CAPITOLS.? The objective for this
is for the children to be able to identify the hidden capitol of the ten states that have
pieces of blue paper over their capitols? name. The directions are basically the same as
the previous activity, with the answers on the flip si
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