U.S. Map 

Check-off Sheet

   

   

The little U.S. map above links you to a full outline map of the U.S.

It's not at my website though, so to return here, click on your back (arrow) button.

 Please let me let me know if any link on this page (or at my website) is no longer working

as websites often change and delete links without even letting me know!  (Imagine!!!) And I never

check this (U.S. Map) page myself. Click here to go to a page with customizable U.S. maps!

     

   

Directions for using this chart are at the bottom of this page.

     

STATE

ABBREVIATION

PRE-TEST

1ST

CHECK

2ND

CHECK

3RD

CHECK

Alabama

AL

                   

                

               

                 

Alaska

AK

  

  

 

  

Arizona

AZ

  

 

 

 

Arkansas

AR

  

 

 

 

California

CA

  

 

 

 

Colorado

CO

  

 

 

 

Connecticut

CT

  

 

 

 

Delaware

DE

  

 

 

 

Florida

FL

  

 

 

 

Georgia

GA

  

 

 

 

Hawaii

HI

  

 

 

 

Idaho

ID

 

 

 

 

Illinois

IL

 

 

 

 

Indiana

IN

 

 

 

 

Iowa

IO

 

 

 

 

Kansas

KS

 

 

 

 

Kentucky

KY

 

 

 

 

Louisiana

LA

 

 

 

 

Maine

ME

 

 

 

 

Maryland

MD

 

 

 

 

Massachusetts

MA

 

 

 

 

Michigan

MI

 

 

 

 

Minnesota

MN

 

 

 

 

Mississippi

MS

 

 

 

 

Missouri

MO

 

 

 

 

Montana

MT

 

 

 

 

Nebraska

NE

 

 

 

 

Nevada

NV

 

 

 

 

New Hampshire

NH

 

 

 

 

New Jersey

NJ

 

 

 

 

New Mexico

NM

 

 

 

 

New York

NY

 

 

 

 

North Carolina

NC

 

 

 

 

North Dakota

ND

 

 

 

 

Ohio

OH

 

 

 

 

Oklahoma

OK

 

 

 

 

Oregon

OR

 

 

 

 

Pennsylvania

PA

 

 

 

 

Rhode Island

RI

 

 

 

 

South Carolina

SC

 

 

 

 

South Dakota

SD

 

 

 

 

Tennessee

TN

 

 

 

 

Texas

TX

 

 

 

 

Utah

UT

 

 

 

 

Vermont

VT

 

 

 

 

Virginia

VA

 

 

 

 

Washington

WA

 

 

 

 

West Virginia

WV

 

 

 

 

Wisconsin

WI

 

 

 

 

Wyoming

WY

  

  

  

  

 SCORES 

Date of check

 

 

 

 

Number correct

 

 

 

  

Percentage

   

  

  

  

      

   

Click here to view the Geographical Regions Color-Key

  

Click here to go to a map of the U.S. with all the state names filled in.

(I'd actually like to find a map with the names of the states and the borders

a little clearer, so if you find one, please let me know.)

   

Click here to go to an online U.S. Map quiz!

(It takes a bit to load, but it's worth the wait!

A car game will appear first, but that's just a time-filler
while the U.S. map is being loaded.)

       

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~* ALSO *~

I have created and provided this

page as a service (and gift) to homeschoolers.

If you find any broken links, I do appreciate your

telling me, but what I would REALLY appreciate is if

you'd find me a new link to take its place as I don't

have time to do such searching myself.

          

   

Directions and ideas for using this chart...

 

     

First, in case you're wondering, I put these directions at the bottom of the page so they wouldn't have to be on your child's work page!

  

Carlianne and I decided it would be nice for both of us to know the locations of the 50 states. Not as a pride thing; just cuz it's very handy, not to mention embarrassment-preventing when non-homeschoolers are around and you're looking for Montana down where Georgia is!    So I made up this chart for Carlianne to use in learning the 50 states!

    
The first column entitled "PRE-TEST" is to be done BEFORE you start studying the states. I wish I'd had Carlianne do that first so that she could see her tremendous progress, because she knew very few other than our Pacific coast states, New York where she's visited, and a few states where I've spoken. It was the presidential elections, by the way, that spurred this interest! 

   
After studying the states for several days, for just a few minutes a day, she got 44 out of the 50!  My suggestion is to have your child do the pre-test at the beginning of the week. Then have them study them for just few minutes each day, and on Friday do the "1ST CHECK." (I would suggest you use two or three different maps so they don't just get used to only one.) They probably won't get them all the first time, so keep studying them a little each day until they do get them all, testing every Friday. Hopefully it won't take more than the three weeks I have columns for! ;-D 
   
Why not have them study for longer periods (minutes) and for a shorter period of time (days)? You're welcome to do whatever you want, but I think that stretching it out over a longer period of time ~ several days or weeks ~ is going to make it sink in and stick better. So they won't be 48, like me, and still know only maybe half of them!!!  Doing it in one big lump is cramming, which we all know the effectiveness of!  ;-)
   
You may have also noticed there's a link on this page to another page at my site that has the six regions of the U.S. all color-coded. Just a little bonus that I got from a colorforms-type map of the U.S. that we've had for years. (where all the states are individual plastic forms that stick to the blank map)  It's no biggie; just for those interested in that. I'm not having Carlianne memorize that, but I do want her to be aware of what these states are called, area-wise.
   
There's also a link above, in the colorful map of the U.S., to a blank map of the U.S. This will take you OUT of my website, so you'll need to use your BACK button to get back to my website.

  

~Barb Shelton

  

  

  

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