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Name That State!
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Subject: | Social Sciences,
Language Arts
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Grade: | 3-5, 6-8
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Brief Description
Students guess the names of U.S. states from mystery clues.
Objectives
Students use background information clues to identify U.S. states.
Keywords
geography, states, United States, clues, information
Materials Needed
- copies of Name That State!
- pens or pencils
- computers with Internet access (optional)
- library or Internet sources for state information
Lesson Plan
- Arrange students in pairs. Provide each pair with a copy of the Education World work sheet Name That State!
- Have students work together to complete the work sheet using library or Internet sources. One suggested Web site is 50states.com.
Assessment
Evaluate students' work sheet answers.
ANSWER KEY: 1. Hawaii, 2. Washington, 3. Pennsylvania, 4. Oklahoma, 5. Iowa, 6. California, 7. Alaska, 8. New Mexico, 9. Wisconsin, 10. Minnesota.
Lesson Plan Source
Education World
Submitted By
Lois Lewis
National Standards
Social Sciences:
NSS-G.K-12.1
NSS-G.K-12.2
Language Arts:
NL-ENG.K-12.1
NL-ENG.K-12.3
11/20/2000
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