Are you an educator looking for resources and activities to augment your lesson plans about USA - States & Capitals? Here is a word search puzzle that has a list of words that are the States in the USA, and the words in the grid are the capital cities.
Other lesson plan ideas for using this puzzle might include:
l. use as bell work
2. introduce the topic using this puzzle
3. have students work collaboratively to solve the puzzle
4. use the list as a starting point for research projects
5. ask the question: what one significant thing happened in the State of _____? or the Capital of _________?
To solve the puzzle, students need to determine the State for which the Capital City is listed. Then, locate the word hidden in the grid. Available as puzzle to print and Google Apps™ version.
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