Explore America: The First 13 US States

Description

Explore America – The First 13 US States PDF Study Pack – A Multi-Unit State Study For Virtual & Travel-Based Learning

The Explore America – the First 13 States PDF Study Pack is a unit study about the Original 13 States to join the Union. It is a 13- course mega bundle that can be combined with any US history or geography curriculum (or the American Studies curricula recommended as companion resources).

Honestly, it will stand on its own as a 13-week study of the famous people and places of these 13 US States.

Maryland
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia

This 13- unit Mega Bundle Course for your upper elementary through high school students, provides everything for learning about the famous people and places of the first 13 United States in a relaxed, virtual and travel-based learning environment (even if you can’t visit right way, you can always explore virtually)

Students will capture what they have learned about:

Literature
State Geography & Facts
History
Famous People & Places
Art & Science

Enjoy learning about the first 13 US States and have fun presenting what has been learned in a creative manner.

Multi-Unit Study Lesson Plan Options

There are a variety of ways to approach learning about the first 13 US States. What’s important is that it is fun, engaging, and creates a love of learning.

You could simply take a subject such as Presidents, the American Revolution or even American art and study what each of the 13 US States contributes to the subject. Wanting to explore Literature? Then complete all literature resources provided.

The Explore America – the First 13 US States really shines by providing in-depth information about the most famous people and places. You will explore State & National Parks along with the best museums in each of the states. to get an up-close, exciting picture of history, geography, and life in these 13 US States throughout history.

You could also keep it simple and spend 13+ weeks studying one state a week. Picking and choosing what you want to focus on each week.

Here is a sample one week schedule to use with each section.

Day 1: Literature – Start reading a book associated. When finished, write a book report** or give a presentation about the book.

Day 2: Geography & State Facts – Using your workbook, complete the geography & state facts section.

Day 3: Brief State History & Famous People – Learn about the history and complete any corresponding worksheets.

Day 4: Famous Places – Learn about famous people & places. Complete any corresponding worksheets.

Day 5: Finish Up – Finish any reading or worksheets for the week & present what you learned to your family or learning community using the resources included here.

Alternatively, you could do 13 weeks of just literature, or just famous people or….you get the idea. It’s a treasure trove of resources based for each of the first 13 US States.

Turn your history & geography study into a field trip or road trip with additional resources found in the individual 50 State Study bundle. More virtual learning resources to help you use the world as your classroom can be found in the homeschool or family travel sections.

BONUS:

Each state study includes at least one BONUS movie & TV show your kids will enjoy. That’s in addition to the videos in each section. Along with…

9 Reusable US State Worksheets Included:

Get to know_______________!
My Pre-History Diary for____________.
Famous Quote Journal page
My Perfect Trip to ____.
State Review page
Art Museum Review page
A Historical Event Review
My Presentation Planner page
Travel Brochure Project Template

Get Ready For Fun Learning!

Check out all the resources listed below that are included within the 13 unit studies. There’s something for everyone to enjoy!

Learn About These Famous People

E. I. DuPont -Industrialist/Entrepreneur
Henry Heimlich – Surgeon/Inventor
George Read – Statesman
Louisa May Alcott – Writer
James Buchanan – 15th President
Alexander Calder – Artist
Rachel Carson – Chemist, Conservationist, Writer
Stephen Foster – Song Writer
Robert Fulton – Inventor
Henry John Heinz -Entrepreneur
Betsy Ross – Patriot
Andrew Wyeth – Artist
Mary Cassatt – Artist
George McClellan – Patriot
Ben Franklin – Patriot, writer, scientist, Founding Father,
William Penn – Founding Father
Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin – Astronaut
James Fenimore Cooper – Writer
William (Bud) Abbott – Comedian
Lou Costello – Comedian
Albert Einstein – Physicist
William Henry Vanderbilt – Industrialist/Entrepreneur
Richard Nixon – 37th President
Grover Cleveland -22nd President
Susan B. Anthony – Suffragist
George Eastman – Inventor/Photographer
Millard Fillmore –13th President
Henry Louis Gehrig – Baseball
George Gershwin – Musician
Grace Hopper – US Naval Officer
Herman Melville – Writer
Julius Robert Oppenheimer – Physicist
Norman Rockwell – Artist
Franklin D. Roosevelt – 32nd President
Dr. Jonas Salk – Scientist
Washington Irving – Writer
Red Jacket – Seneca Native American
John D. Rockefeller – Industrialist/Entrepreneur
Theodore Roosevelt -26th US President
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt -First Lady
Louis Comfort Tiffany – Artist
Martin Van Buren – 8th President
Walt Whitman – Writer
Donald Trump– 45th President
Jimmy Carter – President
Martin Luther King Jr. – Activist
Margaret Mitchell – Writer
Flannery O’Connor – Writer
Jackie Robinson – Baseball
Sequoyah – Native American
Alice Walker – Writer
Ethan Allan – craftsman
Benedict Arnold – soldier/spy
Phineas T. Barnum – entertainer
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) – author
Samuel Colt -inventor
Charles Goodyear -inventor
Nathan Hale – soldier/spy
Harriet Beecher Stowe – abolitionist & author
Noah Webster – lexicographer & author
George H. W. Bush – 41st President of the United States of America
John Adams – president
John Quincy Adams – president
Samuel Adams – president
Louisa May Alcott – author
Alexander Graham Bell – inventor
George H W Bush – president
Emily Dickinson – poet
Benjamin Franklin – writer, inventor, congressman, diplomat, world traveler
Theodore Seuss Geisel – writer
John Hancock – statesman, American Revolution patriot,
Nathaniel Hawthorne – writer
Winslow Homer – artist
John F. Kennedy – president
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow – poet
Edgar Allan Poe – poet
Paul Revere – American Revolution patriot
Samuel Slater – industrialist
Henry David Thoreau – author
Susan B. Anthony – women’s rights activist
Clara Barton – nurse
Johnny Appleseed – pioneer & nurseryman
John Singleton Copley – artist
E. E. Cummings – poet
Ralph Waldo Emerson – poet
Eli Whitney – inventor
Samuel F. B. Morse – inventor
Clarissa Harlowe “Clara” Barton – Nurse
John Wilkes Booth – Confederate sympathizer during the Civil War
Frederick Douglass – Abolitionist
Francis Scott Key – Lawyer & Poet
Thurgood Marshall – Supreme Court Justice & Activist
Edgar Allan Poe – Poet
George Herman “Babe” Ruth – Baseball Player
Harriet Tubman – Abolitionist
Upton Beall Sinclair – Writer
George H. W Bush – 41st President
Mark Clark – WWII General
Andrew Jackson – President
Francis Marion – General
Robert Mills – Architect
Robert Frost – poet
Sarah Josepha Hale – writer
Franklin Pierce – 14th President of the United State
Eleanor Porter – writer
J.D. Salinger – author
Ralph Waldo Emerson – writer & poet
Louisa May Alcott – author
Presidents
- George Washington
- William Henry Harrison
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- John Tyler
- Zachary Taylor
- Woodrow Wilson
Patriots, Activists & Explorers
- Admiral Richard E. Byrd – Aviator
- Meriwether Lewis and William Clark- Explorers
- Patrick Henry – Patriot
- Robert E. Lee – Patriot
- Opechancanough – Native American Tribal Chief
- Thomas Sumter – Patriot
- Nat Turner – Activist
Writers & Singers
- Ella Fitzgerald – Singer
- Booker T. Washington – Activist & Writer
- Willa Cather – Writer
Caleb Bradham – Pharmacist/Entrepreneur
Braxton Bragg – Civil War General
Andrew Jackson – President
Andrew Johnson – President
James K. Polk – President
William Sydney Porter – Writer
Hiram Rhoades Revels – Senator & Minister
Billy Graham – Evangelist
Nicholas Brown – Brown University
Julia Ward Howe – lyricist
Gilbert Stuart – artist
Roger Williams – colonist/ founding father
Ida Lewis – a lighthouse keeper
Robert Gray – explorer/Sea Capitan
Matthew C. Perry – Explorer/Diplomat
Raye Montague – US Naval Officer