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States & Capitals 1-25 WorksheetStates & Capitals 1-25 Worksheet
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States & Capitals 1-25

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Young pupils test their geography skills by matching the 50 states to their correct state capitals. The states are listed in alphabetical order on the left, and a list of state capitals are presented in random order in a right-hand column to be matched appropriately. 

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Concepts

state capitals, the 50 states, united states geography

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • To adapt to more a hands-on learning experience, consider assigning states to half of your class members and their corresponding state capitals to the other half, and then have them find their partners!

Classroom Considerations

  • Please note that the worksheet for states #25-50 are included in this resource's materials
  • To help save paper, copy the worksheets to a double-sided page

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  • Includes answer key
  • Simple, well organized, and ready to administer

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