State Reports

Fifth grade in Waldorf includes North American Geography (or whatever your home continent is). I don't think there's anything wrong with doing state reports, especially if we are still doing distance learning at that time. One year when I did this study with older children, we did U.S. Territory reports, since they already knew all 50 states. That was really interesting as well.

I think a really good starting point for a state report is the Discover America State by State alphabet book series. We have the Illinois one, L is for Lincoln, which I purchased in preparation for the Local History & Geography block since it has a picture of the Tully monster, our state fossil. It includes lots of state symbols, and a bit of state history. Overall, a nice snapshot. Now I'm working with some children in California on studying the Timeline of Life, and I started wondering about the fossils in their state. So I checked the description of G is for Golden and found that the book includes "the world's largest find of Ice Age fossils at the La Brea Tar Pits." Perfect!

I bought the California book, and I'm expecting that this school year when my students get to state reports I'll purchase the books for the states they are interested in. I doubt that my homeschool co-op needs all 50 volumes. However, just so that I have the links to all of them handy, here's the list.

US States in Alphabetical Order (PDF)

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawai'i

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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