U.S. Geography Unit 6: The 50 States

Unit 6 in Miacademy’s online U.S. Geography course is The 50 States. In this unit, students will explore the names, capitals, shapes, nicknames, abbreviations, and famous landmarks of the 50 states in the United States.

The unit includes eight lessons:

States of the USA
State Shapes Quiz
U.S. Name-Abbreviation Match
U.S. Abbreviations
U.S. State Capitals Match
U.S. State Capitals
U.S. State Nicknames
U.S. Landmarks

While the previous units focused on broad regions of the country, this unit focuses on specific states. By the end of this unit, students will be familiar with the unique characteristics of all 50 states.

Unit Overview: The 50 States

Unit 6 builds on the skills and knowledge gained in previous units by focusing on the individual states that make up the United States of America. The unit includes eight lessons that cover a range of topics related to the states, such as their shapes, names, abbreviations, capitals, nicknames and landmarks.

This unit will help students to become familiar with the states of the USA, their characteristics, and geography. This is an important tool for them to understand how the USA is divided and how it works. By the end of this unit, students will have a greater understanding of the individual states that make up the United States.

Lesson 1: States of the USA

This lesson provides an overview of the states that make up the United States of America, including information about their geography, history, culture, and landmarks.

Lesson 2: State Shapes Quiz

This lesson is designed to test students’ knowledge of the shapes of the states that make up the country. It includes a quiz that allows students to test their expertise in this subject.

Lesson 3: U.S. Name-Abbreviation Match

In this lesson, students will practice matching the abbreviations to the names of each state.

Lesson 4: U.S. Abbreviations

This lesson will help students learn and practice the abbreviations of all 50 U.S. states.

Lesson 5: U.S. State Capitals Match

In this lesson, students will practice matching the capital cities to the correct state.

Lesson 6: U.S. State Capitals

This lesson will help students learn the capitals of all the states in the United States of America.

Lesson 7: U.S. State Nicknames

In this lesson, students will learn the nicknames of the 50 U.S. states.

Lesson 8: U.S. Landmarks

This lesson allows students to explore famous landmarks of all 50 states.

Unit 7: Intro to Economics

Unit 7 concludes Miacademy’s U.S. Geography course with an introduction to economics. In this unit, students will learn about essential factors in economics, such as consumers, prices, and resources. You can read more about this unit here!