November 13-19, 2011: Geography Awareness Week - Lesson Plan
Geography Awareness Week is just around the corner on November 13th-19th. The theme is “The Adventure in Your Community,” learning about geography right here in the USA and we’ve got plenty of great lesson planning resources for you and your class!
Here’s our suggested lesson plan:
Start by teaching “50 States, 50 Capitals.” This is an information-packed song package that includes four versions of the song plus six challenging games, puzzles, and worksheets. This song presents all 50 states and capitals in alphabetical order:
50 States, 50 Capitals by educationalrap
PURCHASE 50 STATES, 50 CAPITALS SONG PACKAGE HERE!
A great way to complement “50 States, 50 Capitals is to pair it with another RRR Social Studies song “Geography in the USA.”
Geography in the USA by educationalrap
Use this song to help teach some important geography of the United States. From New England to California, our song, lyrics, games, and worksheets (all included) help students learn about the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and the Great Lakes. They will discover the longest rivers and the lowest and highest points in the USA. Another info-packed song package with four versions of the song and five fun puzzles, quizzes, and worksheets. Grab your favorite US map and you’re good to go!
PURCHASE ”GEOGRAPHY IN THE USA” SONG PACKAGE HERE!
Play Videos in the Classroom!
Don’t forget that we also have a great video to complement our “50 States 50 Capitals” song:
More great lesson-planning resources:
- Download the Free Activity Booklet from National Geographic Education
The website has online missions where students can choose and complete missions for points, earn rewards, and see our national geography with new eyes! - Download the Free 2011 Geography Week Poster for your classroom
- PBS KIDS: City, Country, Community - Lesson Plans
- Ilike2learn - Free match states and capitals game online
- Factmonster - An interactive US Map with facts, landmarks, and more!
“50 States, 50 Capitals” - New video!
Download this 50 State Capitals song.
This song teaches memorization of all 50 US states and capitals in alphabetical order! After memorizing this song and using the worksheets on our site, you’ll be able to name the 50 state capitals and their abbreviations.
The full song pack comes with the Original Track, Downtempo Track (slowed down), Instrumental Track, and two Recall Tracks™ (one missing names of states, the other missing names of capitals).
LYRICS
Verse I
Listing capitals is so much for for me
In Alabama, you’ve got Montgomery
and in Alaska, you know Juneau’s the boss
Phoenix in Arizona; Little Rock in Arkansas
In California, we’ve got Sacramento
Then we go to Denver out in in Colorado
Hartford, Connecticut; Dover, Deleware;
Listing all the state capitals everywhere because…
Chorus
50 states got 50 state capitals
All around the country, man, it’s transnational
Trying to list them all might sound irrational
But, you gotta start somewhere
Verse II
Down in Florida, we got Tallahassee
Atlanta in Georgia; Honolulu, Hawaii;
Boise, Idaho; I don’t know the next one
Capital of Illinois? Springfield’s the correct one
Indianapolis, Indiana; Des Moines, Iowa
And then Topeka down in Kansas
Frankfort, Kentucky; then Louisiana’s got Baton Rouge
And we keep running through all the…
Chorus
50 states got 50 state capitals
All around the country, man, it’s transnational
Trying to list them all might sound irrational
But, you gotta start somewhere
Verse III
August, Maine; Annapolis, Maryland
Boston, Massachusetts and Lansing, Michigan
St. Paul, Minnesota then Jackson, Mississippi
Then in Missouri it’s Jefferson City
Helena, the capital of Montana
Lincoln, Nebraska; Carson City, Nevada
Concord, New Hampshire; Trenton, NJ
Then down in New Mexico we’ve got Sante Fe
In New York, we’re talking about Albany
Then Raleigh, NC; Bismarck, ND
In Ohio, Columbus leads the way
Then Oklahoma City in the state of “OK!”
And Salem is the capital of Oregon
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; let’s keep it moving on
Next is Providence in Rhode Island
Then Columbia down in South Carolina
Chorus
50 states got 50 state capitals
All around the country, man, it’s transnational
Trying to list them all might sound irrational
But, you gotta start somewhere
Verse IV
Pierre, SD; Nashville, Tennessee;
Austin, Texas; Salt Lake City, UT
Montpelier, Vermont; Richmond in Virginia
The state of Washington with the city of Olympia
Charleston, West Virginia; we’re almost done
Wisconsin’s capital: you know it’s Madison, then
a city in Wyoming that’s called Cheyenne
But let’s let the chorus come ‘round again, it goes…
Chorus
50 states got 50 state capitals
All around the country, man, it’s transnational
Trying to list them all might sound irrational
But, you gotta start somewhere
