Are you a homeschool educator looking for resources and lesson plan ideas or activities for US Capitals and States? This word search puzzle can be used to introduce the topic to learners. First determine the capital city for the list of States in the word bank. Next, locate the word in the grid. Then, circle the letters in the word.
Puzzle is available as a puzzle to print and in Google Apps™ format.
Other lesson planning ideas:
l. activate prior knowledge using this puzzle
2. use puzzle information as topic ideas for research projects (see example below)
3. list the States in alphabetical order
Example for lesson planning idea #2:
1. choose the name of a State
2. research information about its national tree, animal, flower, bird, flag, motto, state song
3. present information in any number of ways: powerpoint, diorama, triorama, multi-media format
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