Ages: 3 - 7 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 2
Discuss
- See if you can spot Izzy and Jo hiding in the picture pages.
- There is so much to see on each page, discuss what makes that area of the USA special. What can we learn about that area's climate or economy? Could you live there? Would you like to visit? Do you know anyone who lives there? What do people who live there do for a living? What do they do for fun?
- Seeing all the different areas what does it tell us about our country? Are we a small/big country? Are we diverse? What kind of opportunities do we have in the USA?
- Have the students draw and write what makes them say WOW about the USA.
- Print out an outline map of the USA. Color in the states that are represented in the book and have the students make a color code key as a reference.
- Look into the world of lobster fishing. Make a lobster hand and footprint piece of art.
- Get this print out of the Statue of Liberty. Make your own Statue of Liberty portrait. Or this Statue of Liberty outline painting.
- Here is a fifth grade Lady Liberty art project.
- Niagara Falls
- The Capitol
- Atlantic coast
- cape canaveral
- state fairs
- new orelans
- Mississippi River
- Chicago and poet Carl Sandbury
- Corn/MidWest
- Cattle Ranchers
- Grand Canyon
- Rocky Mountains
- California Sequoias
- North West Salmon
- Hawaiis Volcanoes
- Alaska Glacier
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