What is your name? (Matchbook) The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Commonwealth means good for all Pennsylvanians. Pennsylvania's name
came from William Penn its founder. The root "sylvania" means
woods. Hence: "Penn's Woods"
Who was William Penn? (Matchbook) 1st Settlers:- Swedish 1638
New Sweden, Dutch 1655, English 1664- near present day Philly --William
Penn was an English Quaker who wanted to start a colony for Quakers
in the New World. King Charles II admired William's father, Admiral
William Penn, and called the colony Pennsylvania after him.
William
Penn
Penn
& Quaker Beginnings / Colonial Clothing
Pennsylvania
Charter of Privileges, 28 October 1701
William
Penn Notebook Page
Religious
Tolerance
Quaker State (tri fold) Pennsylvania was founded by Quakers
(Religious Society of Friends) who sought for religious freedom. The
state became known as the "Quaker State"
Quaker
Couple Coloring
Quaker Information
Center
Keystone State Mini (Simple fold) Pennsylvania is nicknamed
the "Keystone State" because it was in the middle of the colonies
both physically and governmentally. It was thought to 'hold together'
the colonies like a keystone holds an arch together. Keystone
Pennsylvania State Quarter (Tri-fold)
PA
Quarter Info
PA
Quarter Worksheet
Punxsutawney Phil (Simple Fold) Find out about the famous Punxsutawney
Phil! - Groundhog
Day Activities & Groundhog
Notebooking
State Motto (Scroll book) "Virtue, Liberty, and Independence"
Statehood (Star booklet) December 12, 1787 - 2nd State
What does the Pennsylvania Seal mean?
Pennsylvania
Seal
plow and wheat sheaves = agriculture ship = commerce
eagle = speed, strength, bravery, and wisdom cornstalk = prosperity
olive branch = peace
Pennsylvania Flag (Simple fold) Describe the Pennsylvanian flag.
When was it adopted? Flag
Info
County Research your county and write about it. We also searched
for individuals and places from our particular county and town. Make
a custom county map.
Pennsylvania Numbers (6 flap book) 312 miles (502 kilometers)
east to west - 158 miles (254 kilometers) north to south -- total area-
land area -- highest point is Mount Davis 3,213 feet (980 meters) -
lowest point at sea level along he Delaware River - population over
12 million -lowest (0-30 F) and highest temperatures (100 F)
PA Mountains (triangle shape) Ranges - Allegheny, Appalachian,
Poconos, Blue Ridge; Mountains - Shade Mountain, Second Mountain, Tuscarora
Mountain, Jacks Mountain, Hawk Mountain, Mount Davis
PA Rivers (curved) 4,500 rivers and streams in the state - Susquehanna,
Schuylkill, Allegheny, Ohio, Monongahela, Delaware, Clarion, Beaver
- Pine Creek Gorge contains the waterfalls Winona, Silver Thread Falls,
and Bushkill Falls.
Harrisburg - Capital versus Capitol (3 flap book) Define the
two words, write about Harrisburg.
Harrisburg
History
Harrisburg
Photo
Pennsylvania Seasons (Flap book) - What are the seasons like
in Pennsylvania?
Native Americans of Pennsylvania (Tab Book) Fill in about each
tribe and any others you would like to research ~ lined and unlined
versions - Native Tribes - Monongahela, Susquehannocks, Delaware or
Leni-Lenape, Shawnee, Erie.
Native
Americans of Pennsylvania
Native
American Tribes in Pennsylvania
Native
Americans of Pennsylvania
Government (Foldable) Cut and glue pieces inside. Fold right
side in 2 times, close book.
Pennsylvania Timeline (accordion book) Add as many sections
as you like with info from your research.
Plants of Pennsylvania -(layer book) Flowers: buttercup, chicory,
fireweed, goldenrod, Jacob's ladder, black-eyed Susan, wild geranium,
mountain laurel, violet - Trees: elm, hemlock, maple, oak, pines, red
maple, tulip
Animals of Pennsylvania - Ant, bald eagle, bass, bat, beaver,
bear, beetle, bobcat, butterfly, bumblebee, cardinal, carp, catfish,
cicada, coyote, crayfish, cricket, dragonfly, elk, ermine, firefly,
fox, freshwater eel, freshwater mussel, goose, grasshopper, groundhog,
hawk, honeybee, hummingbird, katydid, ladybug, leech, mallard, mockingbird,
mosquito, moth, muskrat, opossum, owl, partridge, perch, peregrine falcon,
pike, praying mantis, rabbit, raccoon, robin, ruffed grouse, skunk,
snail, sparrow, squirrel, termite, trout, turkey, turtle, walking stick,
water snake, water strider, weasel, white-tailed deer, woodchuck, woodpecker,
yellow jacket - Enchanted
Learning has information on almost all of these animals along with
printouts, crafts, and activities.
Natural Resources
Pennsylvanians
& the Environment
The
Johnstown Flood of 1889
Coal
Mining Lesson Plans - Looks fun, the kids get to make chocolate
chip coal!
Striking
Oil in Pennsylvania
Oil
Lesson
Manufacturing in Pennsylvania - electronic companies, food processing,
iron, metal products, nuclear power (Three Mile Island in Harrisburg
), petroleum refineries, pharmaceuticals, paper companies, printers,
publishers, shipbuilding (Philadelphia Ship Yard), steel, textiles and
clothing
Making
Steel
Steel
Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Transportation (4 flap)
Highways:
PA Turnpike I-76- known in 1794 as Philadelphia-Lancaster Turnpike
was the "first major hard-surfaced road in the country, paved with
stone and gravel"
Railroads:
over 9000 miles of track
Airports: Philadelphia International, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Erie,
Allentown
Ports: Philadelphia (one of the largest in the world), Erie, and Pittsburgh.
~ Barge Canals pulled by mules. ~ Robert Fulton's 1st working steamboat
(1807 Clermont)
Native
American Trails
Crossing
the Alleghenies
Conestoga
Wagons
Agriculture of Pennsylvania (tri-fold flap) apples, beef and
dairy cattle, corn, hay, milk, peaches, potatoes, mushrooms, poultry
and eggs, sheep, wheat and other grains
Agriculture
& Rural Life - Beef, chicken, fruit, timber, dairy products,
mushrooms
Pennsylvania Dutch -(tri fold) Amish & Mennonite
The
Amish - Lifestyle, faith, history, schools, weddings, etc.
Famous Documents written in Pennsylvania - Great Law 1682, Charter
of Privileges 1701, Declaration of Independence 1776, Constitution of
the United States 1787, Pennsylvania Constitution 1968
Favorite Foods in PA - bubble gum (first made in Philadelphia
in 1928), chicken corn soup, chicken pot pie, funnel cakes, Heinz products,
Herr's snacks, Hershey chocolate and ice cream, ice cream soda (created
in Philadelphia in 1874), kielbasa, mushrooms from Kennett Square (Mushroom
Capital of the World), soft pretzels (first made in Lancaster in 1850's),
pierogi, Philly cheesesteak, shoo-fly pie
Milton S. Hershey -sold candies to an English company to earn his 1st
million dollars, built Hershey Chocolate Factory - Hershey's Milk Chocolate
Bar 1900, Hershey Kisses 1907 - 'created his own town for his employees
with stores, theater, zoo, houses, community buildings, an amusement
park, and school for orphaned boys'
State Symbols
| State Bird: Ruffed Grouse |
State Tree: Hemlock |
State Flower: Mountain Laurel |
| State Animal: White-tailed Deer |
State Dog: Great Dane |
State Drink: Milk |
| State Fossil: Phacops rana |
State Insect: Firefly |
State Flagship: Niagra |
| State Fish: Brook Trout |
|
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The Liberty Bell
The Liberty
Bell coloring page may be cut out and used as a shape book to hold
information about the Liberty Bell.
History Notebook Page - use for history, explorers, colonization,
slavery & underground railroad, immigration, battles, people, places,
etc.
Battles & Wars in Pennsylvania (Notebook Page) - French
& Indian War, Revolutionary War, Civil War
French
& Indian War
French
& Indian War Lesson Plans
Fort
Pitt
Revolutionary
War
The
Philadelphia Campaign
Battle
of Brandywine
Battle
of Brandywine (Look under resources.)
General
"Mad Anthony" Wayne
Historic
Valley Forge
Liberty
Bell Home History, Timeline, Facts, Quotes
Pennsylvania
& the New Nation
Nation's Capital 1790 - 1800
We
the People Constitution Lesson
War of 1812 - Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry - Battle of Lake Erie
Civil War - General Lee in Shenandoah Valley - Gettysburg
Abraham
Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address
Underground
Railroad
Abolition
in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Geography
Neighboring States: New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia,
Ohio, Water: Lake Erie -- Cities: Philadelphia, Lancaster, Reading,
Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Erie, Allentown, Scranton, Bethlehem, and your
town! -- Include major rivers, lakes, mountain ranges, and other landforms.
*Maps
of Pennsylvania Highway, Physical, & County Maps - Locate your
town and go to a local site.
Map
Activities Map Quiz, Label Map, Outline Map, Dot-to-Dot, US Map
- Find Your State, US Map - Where I Live
Pennsylvania
State Maps Customized maps and puzzles with a free generator - Freeform
PA Map, "Label Me" Map, Crosswords Puzzle, Criss Cross Puzzle,
Scrambled Places
PA
Maps You can "zoom" up close around the state, even find
your street!
Places
Historic Places - Brandywine Battlefield, Daniel Boone Homestead, Fort
Ligonier, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Gettysburg National Park,
Hopewell Village, Old Fort Mifflin, Valley Forge National Historic Park
Philadelphia's Historic Mile: Carpenters' Hall, Christ Church, Congress
Hall, Elfreth's Alley, Franklin Court, Independence Hall, Liberty Bell,
Library Hall, Pottsgrove Mansion, Betsy Ross Home
Fun Places to Visit - Allegheny National Forest, Amish country
- Lancaster, Army-Navy Museum - Philly, Barge Rides - Easton, Carnegie
Science Center - Pittsburgh, Coal Mine Tours, Crayola Factory - Easton,
Crystal Cave - Kutztown, Franklin Institute & Academy of Natural
Sciences- Philadelphia, Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania, Heinz Incorporated
(Ketchup), Herr's Factory Tour, Hershey's Chocolate World & Hershey's
Park, Kennywood Park, Lake Erie, Laurel Caverns - Uniontown, Little
League World Series & Museum - Williamsport, Philadelphia &
Pittsburgh Zoos, Pocono Mountains Summer Resorts & Skiing, Railroad
Museum of Pennsylvania & The Amazing Maize Maze - Strasburg, State
Museum of Pennsylvania - Harrisburg, Sturgis Pretzel House
People
Historical: William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, Edward Hanford,
Margaret Mead, William McGuffey, B.F. Skinner, John Bartram, Gifford
Pinchot, "Mad Anthony" Wayne
Robert Peary (North Pole explorer 1909)
Daniel Hale Williams (conducted 1st open heart surgery)
Daniel
Boone
Lewis
& Clark in Pennsylvania
Inventors: Robert Fulton (steamboat Clarmont), George Ferris
(Ferris wheel in 1892), Harold Pitcairn ("autogiro" - a cross
between a road vehicle and small airplane), Christopher Sholes (typewriter),
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania's
Inventors
Women: Betsy Ross - Betsy
Ross Worksheet - Betsy
Ross' Home
Rachel Carson - marine biologist
Clara
Barton & the American Red Cross
Nellie Bly - Elizabeth Cochran Seaman 1864 -undercover investigative
news reporter who wrote about places that were in need of improvement,
change came because of her articles - traveled around the world in 72
days the winter of 1889-1890
Political Leaders: James Buchanan, George McClellan, Thadeus
Stevens, Alexander Haig, Jr., Thomas Paine, Winfield Hancock
George C. Marshall - US Army Chief of Staff 1939, US Secretary of State
1947, Marshall Plan for WWII damage in Europe, Nobel Peace Prize 1953
Business Leaders: Milton Hershey, Henry Heinz, Charles Schwab,
Andrew Mellon, J. Pierpont Morgan - United States Steel Corporation
1901, George Westinghouse
Andrew Carnegie - coal, steel, railroads - telegraph operator, superintendent
of the railroad company, fixed telegraph and railroads, in the civil
War, 1865 began and built the largest steel empire in the US, after
he sold it, he gave steel company money to educational and cultural
charities; colleges, hospitals, science museums, music hall, over 2000
libraries, and 8000 church organs!
John
Wanamaker
Entertainers: Marion Anderson, Samuel Barber, Drew Barrymore,
Bill Cosby, Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey, W.C. Fields, Stephen Foster, Gene
& Grace Kelly, Jimmy Stewart, Fred Waring, Mary LouWilliams
Pennsylvania
Show Business
Pennsylvania
Jazz
Masters
of Swing Lesson
John
Bill Ricketts - Started 1st American circus in 1793 in Philadelphia
Athletes: Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Joe Paterno, Julius
Erving, Wilt Chamberlain, Reggie Jackson, Mike Schmidt, Tara Lipinski
, Arnold Palmer
Pennsylvania
Sports
Pennsylvania
Baseball Teams Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates - Baseball
in Pennsylvania - Little
League - Baseball
Card Lesson
Football Teams - Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles
Hockey Teams - Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers
Basketball Team - Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers
Authors: Louisa May Alcott, John O'Hara, James Michener, George
Catlin, John Upkide, Robinson Jeffers
Artists: Mary Cassatt, , Alexander Calder, Stuart Davis, Thomas
Eakins, Edward Hicks, Charles Willson Peale, Newell Convers (NC) Wyeth,
Andrew & Jamie Wyeth
Pennsylvania
Fine Arts
Peter Frederick Rothermel's "The Battle of Gettysburg: Pickett's
Charge"
Benjamin West - PA born painter of historic events "William Penn's
Treaty with the Indians."
Famous paintings about Pennsylvania by outside painters
Thought
provoking for older students on the following paintings:
Emanuel Leutze (German) Washington Crossing the Delaware
Violet Oakley's murals Washington Marching Through Philadelphia
Robert Edge Pine and Edward Savage - Congress Voting on the Declaration
of Independence
John Trumbull (Connecticut) Signing of the Declaration of Independence
John James Audubon - Artist & Naturalist
Additional Resources:
Teachers
Guide for "K is for Keystone" by Patricia Pierce
PA
Unit Worksheets
Pennsylvania
Worksheet
Philadelphia Convention Notebook Page
Declaration
of Independence Notebook Page
U.S. Constitution
Notebook Page
Benjamin
Franklin Notebook Page
Label the
States
Label the States Capitals
Milton Hershey
Milton Hershey Chocolate Unit
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