United States Geography

This interactive database offers teachers, librarians, and students an unbeatable combination of authoritative research sources, standards-aligned lessons and activities, and engaging current events features on all 50 U.S. states. Which state first gave women the right to vote? Which has only one legislative house?

This dynamic resource helps student researchers answer these questions and many more. Whether focusing on an individual state or the nation as a whole, United States Geography meets all your students' state geography needs in one place. Users will find biographies of important political and cultural figures, contemporary and historic Native Americans, and environmental figures. Individual overviews of each state provide a practical introduction and a wealth of additional information. Clioview, an online statistical tool, compares data between states. The user-friendly interface searches topics such as population density, gross state product, natural resources, and more.

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Content includes:
  • Analysis of significant dilemmas, such as “To what extent should the federal government preserve or conserve natural resources?”
  • More than 6,000 primary and secondary sources and overviews of all 50 U.S. States, providing a portrait of each state's environment, history, government, and economy
  • Nearly 200 maps, including political and topograhical maps of each state
  • More than 700 biographies of important political and cultural figures, including New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo, naturalist John Muir, and blues guitarist Buddy Guy
  • Easy access to thousands of entries and continually updated information
  • A highly visual interface designed to engage researchers, meeting the needs of different students by offering multiple ways to search an extensive collection
Awards include:
  • 2003 Readers' Choice Award: K-12 Instructional Software - eSchool News
  • 2003 Curriculum Web Site Hall of Fame - District Administration
  • 2003 EDDIE Award Winner - ComputEd Gazette
  • 2003 Award of Distinction - The Communicator Awards
  • 2002 Curriculum Web Site Awards, Premium Award - District Administration
"Presenting up-to-date information clearly and concisely for student use...would be [a] valuable resource in middle school and high school social studies classrooms and libraries as well as in public libraries." - from KLIATT
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