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Mississippi: The Magnolia State
If you're looking at a map of the United States of America, you'll find Mississippi in the southeastern region. Mississippi is bordered by Tennessee to the north and Alabama to the east. Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico are to the south of Mississippi. And, the...
Idaho: The Gem State
If you're looking at a map of the United States of America, you'll find Idaho in the Pacific Northwest region. The great state of Montana is on the eastern and northeastern borders of Idaho. Wyoming is to the east; Nevada and Utah are on the states' southern border,...
Louisiana: The Bayou State
People first arrived in the area we now called Louisiana thousands of years ago. And many Native American tribes lived on the land. In 1541 explorer Hernando de Soto claimed the territory for Spain. Then, in 1682 France took control of the region. Ownership of the...
16 Great Things About Homeschooling
Part I Part II Podcast Transcript: Part I Today on the Homeschool Express it’s time to pull off on a side track and talk for a few moments about the benefits, the advantages, and the fun of homeschooling. A few days ago, Carli and I were talking about her incredible...
New Jersey: The Garden State
New Jersey has a rich history. Native American people lived there for thousands of years before Italian explorers arrived in 1524. Soon, Swedish, Finnish, and Dutch colonists built settlements and fought over land until England took control of the region in 1664....
Montana: Big Sky Country
Montana is bordered by Canada on the north, North and South Dakota on the east, Wyoming and Idaho to the south and Idaho in the west. For thousands of year, Native Americans lived in the the area we now know as Montana. Native American tribes included the Crow, the...
Wisconsin: The Badger State
Native Americans hunted in the area we know as Wisconsin for thousands of years. Some of the earliest people hunted huge elephant like creatures called mammoths. Mammoths, of course, no longer roam the earth. They are extinct. Long after the mammoth hunters left the...
Kansas: The Sunflower State
Kansas is a midwestern state that's located squarely in the middle of the United States. The capital of Kansas is Topeks. The largest city in the state is Wichita. Kansas is one of the top farming states in the nation, and it's also home to thousands of oil wells. The...
Pennsylvania: The Keystone State
The land of Pennsylvania was inhabited by Native American tribes long before the first Europeans arrived. These tribes included the Shawnee, the Susquehannock, the Iriquois, the Oneida, and the Seneca nations. Europeans began exploring the region in the early 1600s....
Illinois: The Land of Lincoln
Illinois is a midwestern state, and it's the sixth most populous state in America, which means that a lot of people live there. But it's also a state that has plenty of spaces for farmlands and wetlands and prairies. In fact, Illinois is nicknamed of Illinois is "The...