United States Geography

We started a U.S. Geography class with the Support Group Co-op we have joined, so I'll add that information each week. This is a two year course, covering 1 state a week, ending with 15 weeks of California History. The goal of the class is for the children to be able to:

1. name the state by looking at the shape
2. be able to put the shape in the right place on a map
3. be able to tell two things about the state

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Maine

• Has more than 60 lighthouses
• Supplies half the lobster eaten in the United States
• Known as the Pine Tree State

Massachusetts

• The Pilgrims landed there
• Benjamin Franklin was born there

New Hampshire

• Granite / Old Man of the Mountain
• Shipyard
• the shipyard at Portsmouth built the Raleigh, one of the first 13 frigates the Continental Congress had built
• today it is a Naval shipyard and repairs submarines

Vermont

• Maple Syrup
• Green Mountains
• Morgan Horse

Connecticut

• Charter Oak
• Gave us Lollipops
• Woods and Forests cover more than 60% of the state

Rhode Island

• Only land given by Indians to a white man
• Smallest state
• Makers of fine jewelry
• No part of the state is more than 30 miles from the ocean

New York

• The Erie Canal
• The Statue of Liberty
• Niagara Falls