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THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
Today I’m going to teach you about the South East Area of the United States.
The States that are inThe southeast area are…
North CarolinaSouth CarolinaVirginiaWest VirginiaGeorgiaFlorida
MississippiAlabamaLouisianaArkansasTennesseeKentucky
North CarolinaBird: Cardinal
Capital: RaleighNorth Carolina has a coast
on the Atlantic Ocean. (always nice for vacations
)
Flower: Dogwood
Did you know…President Andrew Johnson was born in
North Carolina??
South Carolina Capital: Columbia Bird: Great Carolina wren
Flower: Yellow Jessamine
Did you know…North Carolina & South Carolina used to be one state, they were separated in
1710??
VIRGINIA
Capital: Richmond
Flower: Dogwood
Bird: Cardinal
Yes, Virginia and North Carolina have the same state Bird and Flower!
What Copy Cats!
Did you know the city of Jamestown which is in Virginia was the first city every
colonized in the United States??
West Virginia
Capital: Charleston
Bird: Cardinal Flower: Rhododendron
Another state with the Cardinal as it’s state
Bird!
Did you know…75% of West Virginia is
covered in Forest! That’s a lot of trees!
GeorgiaCapital: Atlanta
Bird: Brown Thrasher
Flower: Cherokee Rose
Did you know… Georgia is the # 1 producer of the three P’s –peanuts, peaches and pecans!
Florida
Capital: Tallahassee
Bird: MockingbirdFlower: Orange Blossom
Did you know…Space ships are blasted off from Cape Canaveral which is on Florida’s Coast??
MISSISSIPPI
Capital: Jackson
Bird: Mockingbird(just like Florida!)
Flower: Magnolia
Did you know… Elvis was born in
Tupelo, Mississippi on Jan. 8, 1935??
Mississippi is a hard word to spell…How
many S’s are in it??
AlabamaFlower: Camellia Capital: Montgomery
Bird: Yellowhammer
Did You know…Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans
on the moon??
Louisiana
Capital: Baton Rouge
Bird: Eastern Brown Pelican
Flower: Magnolia
Did you know…Mardi Gras is celebrated every year in New Orleans!
Arkansas
Capital: Little Rock
Bird: Mockingbird Flower: Appleblossom
Just like Florida And Mississippi
Did you know…there is over 9,700 miles of river in Arkansas?? That’s a lot of water!
Tennessee
Capital: Nashville
Bird: MockingbirdAgain?!
Flower: Iris
Did you know that Tennessee has more than 3,800 caves?!
Kentucky
Capital: Frankfort
Bird: Cardinal
Flower: Goldenrod
Did you know…cheeseburgers were first served in 1934 at a restaurant in Kentucky??
A little Rhyme to help you remember how states there are…
The fifty “nifty” United States
Next week we’ll be going over the northeast region so make sure you still look over all of these states! Each one
has something special about it!
SOURCEShttp://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flowers/images/yellow_jessamine2.jpghttp://www.50states.com/http://www.sciway.net/facts/http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eDsYe_W-c-E/R1RGpBaBGBI/AAAAAAAAAdI/6IxcWGAuaVU/s1600-R/Cardinal-Norther,%2Bmale%2BIMG_0048b.jpghttp://www.itsnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/359px-magnolia_watsoni.JPGhttp://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/newsletters/hortupdate/mar05/LaIris.jpghttp://images.chron.com/blogs/lazygardener/GoldenrodBLOG.jpg
Presentation by: Melissa Wolfenden
Curriculum from: http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-28753_38684_28761---,00.html