History/Geography Week 5

History/Geography Week 5

Read/Study:

World History

Read or listen to chapters 38, 39 and 40 in Story of the World.

Be prepared to answer some questions from the review pages.  Remember you earn vanguard cash for all the answers you know.

Identify these flags (and symbol):

  
 

United States Geography: The West Region

Find out what the Capital is for each of these States:

Alaska .      Alex
California
Colorado
Hawaii .     Lauren
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming

Know/Understand:

Choose one of these States to learn about in more detail and present to us.  You can work on the same state as your siblings, or you can choose different states.  

You will have 1-2 minutes to tell us all about your state.  You can present it like a report, or do a slideshow, or make a poster, or draw pictures, or do anything you like to make it how you like it.

You could include things like,

The State Capital,

A picture of the flag,

Statehood (When they became a state, and what number are they?)

The State Motto,

The State Nickname,

An interesting Fact,

A famous landmark,

What is the climate?,

What kind of weather do they have,

What do they grow?,

Show us where it is on a map,

Someone Famous that lived there or still lives there.

If you want to do a little more, you can bring something to share like a food from that state, or some display items if you know someone that has been there, or something that the state is known for doing like making clothes, or plastic, or anything else you can think of.

You will earn vanguard money for being prepared!

Listen to these songs about the united states and start learning them if you want!

States and Capitals

Fifty Nifty United States