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States Fair Internet Resources |
Citing Resources - a "how to" pageCultureGrams States Edition - Click on the States edition to tour the 50 states and the District of Columbia. You will find facts, symbols, time lines and more. (This requires a user name and password for school and home use. Ask a teacher for the the passwords.)
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States - Presents profiles of the 50 states of the nation, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the US dependencies. Topics include climate, plants and animals, population and ethnic groups, religions, transportation, history, state and local governments, political parties, judicial system, economy, education, arts, media, tourism, sports, famous people.
Britannica Online School Edition - Includes Elementary Britannica, Compton's Encyclopedia (for middle school, and Encyclopedia Britannica (for high school and up). (Requires user name and password. Passwords are posted in the computer lab and the media center.)
World Book Encyclopedia - (Requires user name and password. Passwords are posted in the computer lab and the media center.)50 States.com - Contains information for each of the 50 states including climate, geography, economy, famous people, license plates, and maps.
The US 50.com - A guide to the history, geography, industry and other facts for each of the 50 states. Links to other sites for each state are included.
Global Computing - Click on the state to link to go to that state's official home page.
Searchasaurus - Find pictures, maps, and flags for each state
Internet Public Library's KidSpace Facts about the States - These web pages will help you find out the basic facts of any state in the Union. Need to know the capital of Alabama? Want to know which hockey teams are in California? How about the size of Montana? All that information is here -- and more! If you're interested in just one state, click on the state's name. If you're interested in state rankings -- for example, you want to know the third largest state, there is a separate table for that information. Links to several online encyclopedia articles about each state are also given.
US Library of Congress - Explore each of the states through the Library of Congress site.
Yahooligans - Links to many state resources.
World Atlas.com- This resource has maps and a great deal of information about each state.
States Web Game - Test your knowledge of the states, state capitals, state abbreviations, and trivia. Works best with Internet Explorer
Explore the States - Brief items of interest about each state from the Library of Congress.
Updated January 2012
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