實地考察：美國所有五十州

During this field trip, learners will board an imaginary van with their classmates as we explore all 50 U.S. states, using a map to plot our trip. As we enter each of the United States' four regions, plus Alaska, and Hawaii, we'll have a short land acknowledgment to recognize the indigenous people of the area and learn a few facts about their history. We'll also learn a few facts about each state's history, visit its capital city, learn about what crops are grown there, what natural resources are found there, visit landmarks, and check out the landscape. We'll pay attention to how the landscape changes as we move from east to west and north to south. 

 The class will use slideshows, images, and audio recordings as students immerse themselves in this fun "virtual" field trip. There will be some lecture, but the goal is for learning to take place as a conversation as learners talk about what they already know about the places we are visiting, ask questions, and share what is most interesting and exciting to them in each place. 

We'll begin our trip in the Northeast exploring the New England states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Then we'll move to the Northeast's Mid-Atlantic states: New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. We'll stop by Washington, D.C., before heading down South where we'll visit Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

By this time, everyone is going to be a little travel weary so we'll have a five-minute break for learners to grab a snack and stretch a bit before we head to the Midwest. We'll start our trip through the Midwest in Wisconsin and then head to Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Finally, we go out West, exploring Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Washington, Oregon, and California. We'll park the van in California to board our class airplane that will fly us to Alaska and then our final stop of Hawaii!