Hi and welcome to our Road Trip USA week on Indiana! Indiana was named the 19th state on December 11, 1816. It is nicknamed “The Hoosier State” for several reasons, one is in reference to a boat named the “Indiana Hoosier”. Another possibly is that the state was named…
Hi and welcome to our Road Trip USA week on Illinois, and our first visit to the midwest region of the United States! Illinois was named the 21st state on December 3,1818. Illinois was nicknamed “The Prairie State” as most of the state was covered with prairie grasses. Today…
Hi and welcome to our Road Trip USA week on West Virginia! West Virginia became the 35th state on June 20, 1863. It was given statehood status with the “agreement” that the citizens would phase out slavery. It was named “The Mountain State” due to the rugged terrain of…
Hi and welcome to our Road Trip USA week on Virginia! Virginia became the 10th state on June 25, 1788, and was one of the original 13 colonies. It was nicknamed “The Old Dominion” referring to complete ownership of a particular piece of land or territory during Colonial times. Virginia’s…
Hi and welcome to our Road Trip USA week on Tennessee! Tennessee was named the 16th state on June 1, 1796. It is known as “The Volunteer State” as thousands of Tennesseans enlisted during the War of 1812. Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee’s largest naturally formed lake, was created when the…
Hi and welcome to our Road Trip USA week on South Carolina! Today we’ll start off by letting the Teeny Tot be our tutor. She likes to point out the states, after showing us where South Carolina was, she went on to talk about all of the others. Some I’d …
Hi and welcome to our Road Trip USA week on North Carolina! Here are some of the things we learned about this week: Located North Carolina on our wall map Read our National Geographic Atlas and located Raleigh, NC using the map coordinates. Worked on our 50 States and…
Hi and welcome to our Road Trip USA week on Mississippi! Here are some of the things we learned this week: Located Mississippi on our wall map Read our National Geographic Atlas and located Jackson, MS using the map coordinates. Worked on our 50 States and Capitals song Learned about…
Hi and welcome to our Road Trip USA week on Louisiana! Louisiana was the 18th state admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812. It is known as “The Pelican State” for the abundance of Brown Pelicans found along the coast. Louisiana is also known for it’s state capital…
Hi and welcome to our Road Trip USA week on Kentucky! Kentucky is the 26th state and known for it’s finest thoroughbred race horses. It is also known as “The Bluegrass State” due to the vast expanses of Bluegrass across part of the state. They also have underground deposits of…
