Explore America: The First 13 US States

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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

Learn About These Famous Landmarks:

• Delaware National Scenic River
• Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
• Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
• Independence Hall National Historical Park
• Gettysburg National Military Park
• Eisenhower National Historic Site
• Valley Forge National Historical Park
• Morristown National Historical Park
• Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
• Thomas Edison National Historical Park
• African Burial Ground National Monument
• Castle Clinton National Monument
• World Trade Center Memorial
• Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
• Hyde Park
• Ellis Island National Monument
• Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor
• Federal Hall National Memorial
• General Grant National Memorial
• Home Of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
• Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
• Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
• Saratoga National Historical Park
• Statue Of Liberty National Monument
• Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
• Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
• Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
• Andersonville National Historic Site
• Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
• Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park
• Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
• Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
• Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park
• Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
• The Charles W. Morgan
• State Capitol
• Mark Twain House
• Old Newgate Prison
• Fort Griswold
• Gillette Castle
• Yale University
• Harkness Memorial State Park
• Weir Farm National Historic Site
• Adams National Historical Park
• Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
• Boston National Historical Park
• Cape Cod National Seashore
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
• Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
• New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
• Salem Maritime National Historic Site
• Springfield Armory National Historic Site
• Plimoth Plantation
• Antietam National Battlefield
• Assateague Island National Seashore
• Catoctin Mountain Park
• Chesapeake And Ohio Canal National Historical Park
• Fort Washington Park
• Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
• Piscataway Park
• Kings Mountain National Military Park
• Fort Sumter: Seaport in Charleston, South Carolina
• Congaree National Park: National park in central South Carolina.
• New Hampshire State House
• Mount Washington
• Conway Scenic Railroad
• Capitol Center for the Arts
• The Epic of American Civilization Mural
• Monument Square Historic District
• John Paul Jones House
• Littleton Town Opera House
• Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
• Booker T. Washington National Monument
• Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
• Williamsburg, VA
• Colonial National Historical Park
• George Washington Birthplace National Monument
• Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
• Manassas National Battlefield Park
• Petersburg National Battlefield
• Richmond National Battlefield Park
• Shenandoah National Park
• Blue Ridge Parkway
• Cape Hatteras National Seashore
• Cape Lookout National Seashore
• Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
• Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
• Moores Creek National Battlefield
• Blackstone River Valley
• Roger Williams National Memorial
• Touro Synagogue