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50 States

Are you doing a state report? Do you want to find out about the state you live in? All sorts of information about states, such as what the state bird is or what the flag looks like, can be found here.

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A-F
G-K
L-M
N-P
R-W

Resources in this category:

ClassBrain's State Reports
http://classbrain.com/artstate/publish/
Pick your state, then find Websites with history, statistics, maps, symbols & emblems, all to help you write your state report.
Color Landform Atlas of the United States
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
Look here for all kinds of maps of each of the fify states. Included are relief, county and satellite image maps.
Explore the States
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es
"This Web site is brought to you from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the largest library in the world and the nation's library. Want to travel across the country? [In] "Explore the States," ...you'll find fascinating facts and stories about all the states and Washington, D.C."
50 States & Capitals
http://www.50states.com/
This site has a set of basic facts about every state in the U.S.A.
Flight Over Four Corners
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/fourcorners/fo...
"Soar above the American Southwest with Adriel Heisey, a photographer so determined to get a birds-eye view that he built his own aircraft."
Global Computing--American States
http://www.globalcomputing.com/states.html
This site has links to all of the 50 states' official websites. Most of the individual state pages have information about the state's government plus education, weather, tourism, and more.
Lost in the Grand Canyon
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/canyon/
Take a historical trip down the Colorado River with Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell in the year 1869.
NetState
http://www.netstate.com/
Which state was the first state added to the Union? Why does the Florida quarter read "gateway to discovery"? Find out this and more information about the 50 states here.
New Perspectives on The West
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/
Take a look at the western United States: the history, people, documents, photographs, and events.
StateAnimals.com
http://www.stateanimals.com/
Do you know the official animals for your state? Just click on your state to find out!
Stately Knowledge
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/
Need to know the capital of Alabama? Want to know which hockey teams are in California? How about the size of Montana? You can find all of that information here. This Internet Public Library resource lists official state sites for state government, library, historical society, museum, archives, parks, travel and tourism, kids, and the most interesting facts and people associatied with each state.
The United States of America
http://www.united-states-online.de/
Quick facts, photos, videos, maps and more about the fifty states and the presidents.
 
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