Is your Montana map and scroll "neat and complete?" Congratulations!
That's your ticket to US state # 42
Click the picture - welcome to Washington...
A recap of Washington...on the Blue School Bus Video
Now - head to Idaho - US State # 43
Get your map to color and scroll for learning while you complete these steps:
1 Read and underline wonder words on both sides
2 Put the map below on the biggest screen in your house, and turn on some classical music...
3 Trace the rivers in blue - is the capital on a river? What else do you notice ?
4 Then, carefully color in 3-4 special items of interest...
5 Complete your Explorer's Scroll, avoid those "floaty and sinky" letters please...
6 Once you're finished your scroll (and get the thumbs up from a caregiver) go exploring below!
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When you've colored your map...
Explore the clickable menu of Idaho. Grow your brain power!
Colored letters indicate clickable links that open a video...
- An excellent overview of ID in this Homeschool Pop Video.
- A shorter simpler overview of ID in this Socractica Video.
- MUST SEE - Public Television summary of Idaho.
- Lewis and Clark encounted the Nez Perce tribe in 1805, but not its leader Chief Joseph
- Logs were floated down the river to a sawmill; here's vintage 1926 footage
- ID potatoes being harvested... and then turned into chips, or turned into stackable chips
- Archaeologists study ancient people by digging up and brushing off old "arrowheads"
- What was it like to be a Chinese immigrant in Idaho and why did they come ?
- The person taking the picture of an Native American changes what you see in this video
- One of the West's richest women May Arkwright Hutton was born and raised in Idaho
- ID's roadside attractions can be found here in this list.
- Order a ID travel guide, including a special kid's guide - all mailed free to your home!
- Use Google Earth to visit ID - zoom into the two places you noted on your scroll!
- National Park Service Sites in Idaho - send me a postcard when you visit someday!
- Why do you think the webcam taxi has no listings in ID? Zoom in on the global map.
- Get some popcorn and watch the PBS special on the gemstones of Idaho.