Cindy Downes

Aug. 23, 2005 - Hold That Thought Review

If you have a child who is a visual and loves maps, charts, and graphs or if you're looking for a simple way to teach the US states, you'll love this curriculum. It comes on a CD and is made up of worksheets that are in pdf format (free Acrobat Reader software is used to print them out.) Simple print out the worksheets on your printer, 3-hole punch, and place in a binder. You can print the cover of a color cover stock or have your child create his/her own cover.

The worksheets cover all 50 states. Students have to do their own research to complete these worksheets. When your child is done, he will have learned where each state is located in the US, and each state's major cities, abbreviations, state symbols, average precipitation, highest and lowest point, time zone, and population. He will also learn about each state's natural resources, write a timeline of major events for each state, and discover what to see and do in each state.

After your child has learned about each state individually, he will learn something about the US as a whole. He will learn about the regions of the US, the time zones, largest and smallest state, largest city, longest river, largest lake, largest desert, highest and lowest point, and hottest and coldest temperatures. He will write the National Anthem, color the US presidential seal, identify and color the National bird and flower, write the Pledge of Allegiance, write the incription from the Liberty Bell and Statue of Liberty, color the flag, and identify major landmarks in the US. A vocabulary list is also included.

After he has learned about the states and the US, your child will write down his perfect vacation and map it on a US map. A great way to review!

Finally, there is a test at the end. (I normally don't like tests but I love this one!) Your child has to identify outlines of each state and write in its capitol. Then he has to look at several US maps where the boundary lines are messed up and fix them. For example, the boundary between Oklahoma and Texas may be missing so the child has to draw the boundary back in.

I highly recommend this resource for grades 1-6. I recommend teaching from this for two or three weeks each year, selecting worksheets that would be suitable for your child at that age. The next year, review what you learned last year and add a little more. If you did this each year from grades 1 through 6, they would be well educated in US geography by time they reach 7th grade. The other alternative would be to teach it one year. I would recommend teaching a one-year course in 4th, 5th or 6th grade.

For more information or to order: http://www.holdthatthought.com/

Aug. 23, 2005 - Untitled Comment

Posted by 3PartHarmony

What a terrific resource! This will go along nicely with the Flat Stanley project we are doing to learn about the states. Thank you for sharing this information! I'm really excited about this one.

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Aug. 24, 2005 - This does look nice

Posted by hsmom23

I am always looking for nice resources like this for notebooking. I'm going to need something for next year to go with US History. This year we are doing "Galloping the Globe" with our younger dd and "Around the World in 180 days with our high schoolers.
Christina

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