Learning About Our Country ~ the United States

The United States was the last country that we studied in our two year world geography study.  Since we were going to be doing Early American History in the upcoming year, we just did a general study to get the basics in ~ because really, there is SO much you could do!

The United States is the third largest country in the world and located on the continent of North America. There are six different regions in the US: New England, the mid-Atlantic, the South, the Midwest, Southwest, and the West.

You can view the other countries that we’ve studied from North America on my North America geography page. See the other countries that we’ve studied

Week 1 Layout

Monday

• Introduce new song about the United States from Geography Songs
• Use atlas and globe to locate the United States
• Read one of our books from our bookshelf about South Africa

Tuesday

• Review geography song
• Learn {and review} some terms: mountain range, desert, plains
• Independent reading from bookshelf
• Filled out the map of the United States using our notebooking page

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Wednesday

• Review geography song
• Watched part of The History Channel Presents: The Statue of Liberty
• Practiced the Pledge of Allegiance {pdf printable}
• Independent reading 

Thursday

• Review geography song
• Watched rest of The History Channel Presents: The Statue of Liberty
• Reading together book on the United States {from our bookshelf}

Week 2 Layout

Monday

• Review geography song
• Children Just Like Me book and notebooking page
• Learned about the flag of the United States

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Tuesday

• Review geography song
• Visited the National Geographic for Kids US site
• Read together one of books from bookshelf

Wednesday

• Review geography song
• Story from Around the World in 80 Tales
• Read A More Perfect Union
• watched School House Rock: Preamble to the Constitution

 

Thursday

• Review geography song
• Summarized one of our reading books and copy summary/dication
• Added our notebooking pages to our binder and stamped our passports!

Books To Use

Resources and Websites

• National Geographic for Kids ~ United States Guide
• Time for Kids ~ Alaska
• Time for Kids ~ Hawaii
• the Pledge of Allegiance {pdf printable}
• Mr. Donn ~ 50 States plans
• Homeschool Share ~ early American units/lapbooks
• Lesson plans from US Mint to go along with State quarters and more.