1. Geography Standard: Locate and Name all 50 States, Oceans, and Great Lakes Watertown-Mayer Elementary School Grade 4

2. Unit Outline Social Studies – Session 2 Standards: 5A.I.1 – Concepts of Location – Locate all 50 states Day 1: Pretest – blank map of US…locate and label all 50 states Website: http://50states.mrdonn.org/games.html – PLACE THE STATE GAME – whole group discussion Day 2: United State Acronyms lesson 1 Homework – practice lesson 1 Day 3: Formative Assessment of lesson 1 acronyms United States Acronyms lesson 2 Homework –practice lesson 2 Day 4: Formative Assessment of lesson 2 acronyms United States Acronyms lesson 3 Homework –practice lesson 3 Day 5: Formative Assessment of lesson 3 acronyms United States Acronyms lesson 4 Homework –practice lesson 4 Day 6: Formative Assessment of lesson 4 acronyms United States Acronyms lesson 5 Homework –practice lesson 5 Day 7: Review states by playing this game on projector http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/united-states-america-map-game.phphttp://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/united-states-america-map-game.php Day 8: Assessment – Label all 50 states on blank US map Table of Contents Objective

3. Table of Contents Unit Outline Pretest Acronym Lesson 1 Acronym Lesson 2 Acronym Lesson 3 Acronym Lesson 4 Acronym Lesson 5 Large US Map Large US Map - Labeled Objective

4. Pretest Locate and Name as many states, oceans, and Great Lakes as you know. Table of ContentsMap Practice on the Internet http://50states.mrdonn.org/games.html

5. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – ACRONYM LESSON 1 Word Bank: California Oregon Washington Arizona New Mexico Texas Nevada Utah Colorado Kansas Idaho Fill in these acronyms and label the states listed in the word bank: A brown C_________ C_________ give you chocolate milk. Which states make up this acronym? _________________, ___________________,______________________, _______________________, ________________________, ____________________, ___________________________. If you close your hand into a fist, what do you see across the middle? I see a kN_________le. If the US was a hand and I made it into a fist, these states would be in the same location as your knuckles; they are in the middle of the US. The states that make this acronym are _________________, ___________________, ______________________, ________________________. This next state is shaped like a capital “I”. The name of this state is __________________. Table of Contents Answer Key

6. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – ACRONYM LESSON 1 – Answer Key Word Bank: California Oregon Washington Arizona New Mexico Texas Nevada Utah Colorado Kansas Idaho Fill in these acronyms and label the states listed in the word bank: A brown Cow Can’t give you chocolate milk. Which states make up this acronym? California, Oregon, Washington, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas. If you close your hand into a fist, what do you see across the middle? I see a kNUCK. If the US was a hand and I made it into a fist, these states would be in the same location as your knuckles; they are in the middle of the US. The states that make this acronym are Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas. This next state is shaped like a capital “I”. The name of this state is Idaho. Table of Contents

7. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – ACRONYM LESSON 2 Word Bank: Nebraska Oklahoma Montana Wyoming Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan South Dakota North Dakota Fill in these acronyms and label the states listed in the word bank: What do you say when your brother or sister want to borrow a game that’s in your room? No, Keep Out! The states that make this acronym are N___________________, Kansas, O _________________. Now let’s take a look back in the west. Above Idaho is M_______________________. If you flip the “M” over, you get a “W” for W________________________. If you flip the “W” over you get the letter “M” for M________________________ If you flip the “M” over, you get a “W” for W______________________. If you flip the “W” over one last time, you get the letter “M” for M_________________________. Now, there are only 2 states to the west of Minnesota that are not filled in. Look at those states and ask yourself SO, Do you want to go to Minnesota? The state that makes this acronym is S _______________ D__________________. And now you can answer No, I don’t want to go to South Dakota. The state that makes up this acronym is N__________________D______________________. Table of Contents Answer Key

8. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – ACRONYM LESSON 2 – Answer Key Word Bank: Nebraska Oklahoma Montana Wyoming Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan South Dakota North Dakota Fill in these acronyms and label the states listed in the word bank: What do you say when your brother or sister want to borrow a game that’s in your room? No, Keep Out! The states that make this acronym are Nebraska, Kansas, O klahoma. Now let’s take a look back in the west. Above Idaho is Montana. If you flip the “M” over, you get a “W” for Wyoming. If you flip the “W” over you get the letter “M” for Minnesota If you flip the “M” over, you get a “W” for Wisconsin. If you flip the “W” over one last time, you get the letter “M” for Michigan Now, there are only 2 states to the west of Minnesota that are not filled in. Look at those states and ask yourself SO, Do you want to go to Minnesota? The state that makes this acronym is S outh Dakota. And now you can answer No, I don’t want to go to South Dakota. The state that makes up this acronym is North Dakota. Table of Contents

9. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – ACRONYM LESSON 3 Word Bank: Minnesota Iowa Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia South Carolina Florida Tennessee Kentucky Fill in these acronyms and label the states listed in the word bank: Now we have half of the US filled in. It’s almost time for lunch! MIMAL the baker is standing in the middle of the US. His name is the first letter of each of these states ______________________, ______________________, ____________________, _____________________________, _____________________________________. MIMAL has a dog named MAGS who likes to sit on the Floor. The states that make up MAGS are ________________________, ______________________________, _________________________, ___________________________ and he sits on _________________________________. MAGS is a normal dog so of course, he would try to get MIMAL’s TiN of KENTUCKY fried chicken. TiN stands for ____________________ and Kentucky looks like a chicken leg. Notice that MIMAL is carrying the tin right at his belly. Table of Contents Answer Key

10. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – ACRONYM LESSON 3 – Answer Key Word Bank: Minnesota Iowa Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia South Carolina Florida Tennessee Kentucky Fill in these acronyms and label the states listed in the word bank: Now we have half of the US filled in. It’s almost time for lunch! MIMAL the baker is standing in the middle of the US. His name is the first letter of each of these states Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana. MIMAL has a dog named MAGS who likes to sit on the Floor. The states that make up MAGS are Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and he sits on Florida. MAGS is a normal dog so of course, he would try to get MIMAL’s TiN of KENTUCKY fried chicken. TiN stands for Tennessee and Kentucky looks like a chicken leg. Notice that MIMAL is carrying the tin right at his belly. Table of Contents

11. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – ACRONYM LESSON 4 Word Bank: North Carolina Illinois Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania New York Virginia West Virginia Fill in these acronyms and label the states listed in the word bank: MIMAL has a dog named MAGS who likes to sit on the Floor. MAGS is a normal dog so of course, he would try to get MIMAL’s TiN of KENTUCKY fried chicken. This made MIMAL so mad that he kicked MAGS and the dog flew N_________ (This state is N _____________C____________________). MIMAL was so mad that his two II”s ( I ______________ and I _____________________) fell out and he could not OPeN the door. The states that make the acronym OPeN are O__________________, Pe_____________________, N_________________________________. All of this made MIMAL’s wife Virginia so upset that she moved West. The states that complete our MIMAL story are V_________________ and West _________________________. Table of Contents Answer Key

12. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – ACRONYM LESSON 4 – Answer Key Word Bank: North Carolina Illinois Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania New York Virginia West Virginia Fill in these acronyms and label the states listed in the word bank: MIMAL has a dog named MAGS who likes to sit on the Floor. MAGS is a normal dog so of course, he would try to get MIMAL’s TiN of KENTUCKY fried chicken. This made MIMAL so mad that he kicked MAGS and the dog flew North (This state is North Carolina. MIMAL was so mad that his two II”s (Illinois and Indiana) fell out and he could not OPeN the door. The states that make the acronym OPeN are Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York. All of this made MIMAL’s wife Virginia so upset that she moved West. The states that complete our MIMAL story are Virginia and West Virginia. Table of Contents

13. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – ACRONYM LESSON 5 Word Bank: Vermont Maine New Hampshire Maryland Delaware New Jersey Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts PacificOcean Atlantic Ocean Lake Superior Lake Michigan Lake Huron Lake Erie Lake Ontario Alaska Hawaii Fill in these acronyms and label the states listed in the word bank: The next state on our list is shaped like a capitol V. This state is V______________. The state basketball team is the MN Timberwolves. In the Eastern corner of the US we have the face and neck of a MN Timberwolf. The states that make up this acronym are M___________________ and N_______________________________. Did you know that My Dad’s New Car Really Moves? These very small states that make up this acronym are M________________________________ D_______________________________ N_____________________________ C______________________________ R________________________________________M______________________________________. Laura Ingalls Wilder called her father PA, which helps us remember the oceans that border the US in the West and East. These oceans are P_________________________ and A________________________________. To help us with the Great Lakes, we use the acronym Super Man’s Hands are Erie and Odd. The names of the lakes are S_________________________, M____________________________, H_______________________, E______________________, and O_________________________________. Well, that was a lot of work! We are finally done, so we sigh and say AH. Our last two states are A_____________________ and H_______________________________. Table of Contents Answer Key Larger map

14. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – ACRONYM LESSON 5 – Answer Key Word Bank: Vermont Maine New Hampshire Maryland Delaware New Jersey Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts PacificOcean Atlantic Ocean Lake Superior Lake Michigan Lake Huron Lake Erie Lake Ontario Alaska Hawaii Fill in these acronyms and label the states listed in the word bank: The next state on our list is shaped like a capitol V. This state is Vermont. The state basketball team is the MN Timberwolves. In the Eastern corner of the US we have the face and neck of a MN Timberwolf. The states that make up this acronym are Maine and New Hampshire. Did you know that My Dad’s New Car Really Moves? These very small states that make up this acronym are Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut,Rhode Island, Massachusetts. Laura Ingalls Wilder called her father PA, which helps us remember the oceans that border the US in the West and East. These oceans are Pacific and Atlantic. To help us with the Great Lakes, we use the acronym Super Man’s Hands are Erie and Odd. The names of the lakes are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Well, that was a lot of work! We are finally done, so we sigh and say AH. Our last two states are Alaska and Hawaii. Table of Contents

15. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Table of ContentsBack to Lesson 5Practice locating the 50 states http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/united- states-america-map-game.php

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