Drawing Around the World: USA outlines a simple, fast, and easy program to teach students to memorize the United States of America.
With Drawing Around the World: USA, students, in only minutes per day, engage in fun geography lessons that teach them to draw the 50 states plus Washington D. C. Additionally, students learn the state capitals and interesting facts about each state as they complete the state fact table.
Add Drawing Around the World: USA to your school day and teach your student to memorize and draw the United States, the state capitals, and the state abbreviations–while you save time and money!
What You Need
To complete the State Fact Tables, use either of the free online resources or the inexpensive text below:
Free online resources:
or the following text: (Not necessary if using the free sites above)
- National Geographic Kids United States Atlas
For (optional) drawing practice:
- Use sheet protectors
and dry erase markers
.
- (For the dry erase markers, fine point is best; however, they are not needed to complete the program.)
Suggested Weekly Schedule:
Day 1: Study the New State.
Complete the State Fact Table.
Locate and label each new state onto the dashed, black and white map.
Draw all states studied thus far.
Day 2: Locate and label each new state onto the dashed, black and white map.
Draw all states studied thus far.
Day 3: Locate and label each new state onto the dashed, black and white map.
Draw all states studied thus far.
Day 4: List, from memory, the states studied thus far.
Using the blank textbox, draw, also from memory, all of the states you have learned.
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