U.S. States

Contributor: Alison Weiss. Lesson ID: 10847

What is the state of your knowledge of the 50 U.S. states? Where are they? Do they all touch? Learn a memory song, play online games, and learn the names and locations of all the states!

categories

Social Studies

subject
Social Studies
learning style
Auditory, Visual
personality style
Lion, Beaver
Grade Level
Intermediate (3-5)
Lesson Type
Quick Query

Lesson Plan - Get It!

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  • Can you name all the states on this map?

map of United States of America

The United States is made up of 50 states..

48 of them are contiguous, which means the states are next to one another, and their borders are touching. This is also called the continental United States.

The 48 contiguous states are listed below.

  • Washington
  • Oregon
  • California
  • Arizona
  • Utah
  • Nevada
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • Wyoming
  • Colorado
  • New Mexico
  • Texas
  • Oklahoma
  • Kansas
  • Nebraska
  • South Dakota
  • North Dakota
  • Minnesota
  • Iowa
  • Missouri
  • Arkansas
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • Tennessee
  • Illinois
  • Wisconsin
  • Michigan
  • Indiana
  • Kentucky
  • Alabama
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • South Carolina
  • North Carolina
  • Virginia
  • Connecticut
  • Rhode Island
  • Maryland
  • Delaware
  • West Virginia
  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey
  • Massachusetts
  • New York
  • Vermont
  • New Hampshire
  • Maine

 

On the bottom left of the map above are the two states that are not in the continental U.S. — Alaska and Hawaii.

Watch the video below as many times as you can so you can remember the states! It might help to memorize the states in each region first.

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  • Think you have all 50 states memorized?

Test your knowledge of the location of the states with The U.S.:50 States - Map Quiz Game.

Then, move along to the Got It? section for some more practice!

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