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?

United States Geography provides information in an engaging, visual format that helps students gain a deeper understanding of the places and people that make up our nation. Whether the curriculum requires focusing on an individual state or the nation as a whole, this database has been created in collaboration with scholars, educators, and librarians to meet all of your students’ state geography needs—all in one place.

ABC-CLIO's exclusive CLIOview provides advanced search functionality to make demographic comparisons between states regarding over 60 types of statistics, while the Analyze section supports student inquiry by posing such debates as “How has human habitation affected the Southern U.S. environment?” and “What steps should California take to deal with its ongoing water management issues?” Users can also access valuable additional content, such as biographies of important political and cultural icons, contemporary and historic Native Americans, and environmental figures.

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• 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 topographical 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

• 2003 Readers' Choice Award: K-12 Instructional Software - eSchool News
• 2003 Curriculum Web Site Hall of Fame - District Administration
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• 2002 Curriculum Web Site Awards, Premium Award - District Administration

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