US Postcard Exchange 2011
Participating States
as of 9/11/11
group 1: (32)
NC, PA, OH, MN, NJ, AZ, DE, KS, NY, LA, CA, IA, MS, FL, VA, NV, TX, KY, TN, IL, GA, IN, MI, WA, SD, ID, MD, CT, CO, MA, OR, AK
group 2: (23)
NC, PA, OH, MN, NJ, AZ, NY, LA, CA, IA, FL, NV, TX, KY, TN, IL, GA, IN, MI, MD, CO, MA, AK
group 3: (14)
NC, PA, OH, NJ, AZ, NY, LA, CA, IA, FL, TX, KY, IL, IN, MI, MA
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Worksheets:
*Roll-a-State Click Here (use with an unlabeled US map)
*State Insect Graphing worksheet, key, questions
(great activity to use with a Smartboard and the state symbol site linked to the left)
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Classroom Activity Ideas:
*Display your postcards in a postcard pocket chart. This one has 50 spaces (perfect for this project). If you don't receive a postcard from some states, you can give out blank postcards to your students and have them research those states and create their own postcard. If there are only a few missing, this can be a group project or something to offer for extra credit.
*Use this blank bulletin board puzzle to show off what you've learned about each state.
*Create a class scrapbook
*Make a bulletin board display by connecting the postcard to it's corresponding state on a map using a piece of colored yarn.
*Get a blank map and color in each state as you receive the postcard. Or use this magnetic map puzzle . You can put each piece in it's place once you've received a postcard.
*Journal about each postcard as it is received. "I would (or would not) like to live in _________ because_______"
*Have students create a brochure or poster
*Create a mural with your state symbols
*Use an atlas or an online map program (such as Mapquest) to figure out driving distances to each school. Which school is closest to your school? Which is farthest away?
*Have each student pick 2 post cards and complete a compare/contrast project
*Learn the 50 states and capitol cities
*Write the names of the states on index cards and pass out to students. Play a song that lists the states and have students stand up as their state is mentioned.
*Visit websites on the 50 states.
*Have a design contest for your postcard and print out some of the winning designs to send out.
**Thanks to Susan Biltuccifor this project idea and many of the activities**
 
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