Happy Birthday Kentucky
By Denese. Filed in Homeschooling |
Kentucky was formally admitted as the 15th state on June 1, 1792.
The name comes from “Ken-tah-ten”, an Iroquois Indian word that means “land of tomorrow”.
Known as the Bluegrass State, Kentucky is famous for it’s horse racing, thoroughbred horse farms, bluegrass, coal mines, tobacco farms, and bourbon whiskey.
Jim Bowie, Kit Carson, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Loretta Lynn and Bill Monroe were all born in Kentucky.
Kentucky’s state flower is goldenrod and it’s state bird is the cardinal.
The capitol of Kentucky is Frankfort.
Learn More About Kentucky
Netstate.com: Kentucky –a ton of information and more links here
Young Kentucky History, 1790-1860 -includes teaching ideas
Kentucky Facts and Trivia –50 interesting tidbits about Kentucky
Biographies of Kentucky’s Governors
Kentucky General Assembly Student’s Pages
Kentucky Coal and Energy Education Project –expand your knowledge of coal and the coal industry. Includes a teachers section with lesson plans and educational resources.
United States Mint: Kentucky Quarter –links to kid’s page and teacher lesson plans on right sidebar
Free Units And Printables
Easy Fun School: Kentucky -A State Unit Study
About.com Homeschooling: State Unit Study – Kentucky –lots of printables here
Kentucky outline map –scroll down
Kentucky & Louisiana Lapbook Components
Kentucky State Bird and Flower coloring page
State of Kentucky Coloring Pages
Happy learning,
Denese
Tags: American history, education freebies, lapbooking, notebooking, The United States, Unit Studies
