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Connecticut

Newest Release: Connecticut

The next stop on the Fifty States tour is one of the smallest states in the nation. Join in and explore some of the impressive features and tourist stops, like Mystic Seaport, Hammonasset Beach State Park, and an ornate Victorian house where Mark Twain wrote many classic books! You’ll learn about the history of Connecticut and how it came to be, well-known symbols that reflect the heart of the people who call it home, and its contrasting seasons that keep residents on their toes. Student Book activities include mapping, lesson summaries, Sherlock Holmes, making snickerdoodle cookies, submarines, and the science of roller coasters.

Release Date: October 20, 2025

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Connecticut – Scope and Sequence
  • Estuaries
  • Brackish
  • Saltwater-freshwater experiment
  • Make snickerdoodle cookies or watch a video of them being prepared and rate the recipe
  • Vocabulary: resent, maritime
  • Start working on unit project banner, including a flag, facts, and favorite place
  • Mystic
  • Gillette Castle State Park
  • Hammonasset Beach State Park
  • Yale University
  • Mark Twain House & Museum
  • Connecticut
  • Hartford
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Connecticut River
  • Massachusettes
  • New York (state)
  • American Revolutionary War
  • How Connecticut became a state
  • William Gillette
  • Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Practice detective skills like critical thinking, observation, and problem-solving
  • Color the flag of Connecticut, using the example as a guide
  • God is the potter, and we are the clay
  • Isaiah 64:8
  • State flower: mountain laurel
  • State animal: sperm whale
  • State tree: Charter Oak
  • State insect: praying mantis
  • Bobcats
  • Four seasons in Connecticut
  • Winter weather can make driving dangerous
  • Roads can be treated to make them safer during icy or snowy weather
  • Test different materials to see which melts ice the fastest
  • Vocabulary: liberty, reflex
  • Answer comprehension questions about Connecticut's symbols with information from the lesson
  • The song "Yankee Doodle"
  • Add Connecticut's state symbols to the unit project banner
  • Solve riddles about Connecticut's state symbols
  • "Yankee Doodle"
  • Connecticut state symbols
  • How American soldiers reacted when the British sang "Yankee Doodle" as a put-down
  • People can stay strong even when they are being teased
  • Design your own state symbol for Connecticut
  • God has a plan for every season we walk through
  • Ecclesiastes 3:1
  • We can see that God is powerful and holy by looking at His creation
  • Psalm 104:24
  • How submarines move up and down in the water: floating, diving, fully underwater
  • Density
  • Ballast tank on a submarine
  • Try a hands-on activity to show how a submarine moves
  • Vocabulary: harbor, hull
  • Answer comprehension questions about Connecticut's industries with information from the lesson
  • Cut out a pocket to glue on your unit project as well as fact cards about industries in Connecticut to place inside
  • New Haven
  • New London
  • History of the shipbuilding industry in Connecticut
  • Seafaring and whaling industries
  • Clock making
  • Eli Terry
  • Timex brand
  • Connecticut's early imports and exports
  • Trade
  • Imports and exports
  • Ingenuity and profitability
  • Try taking an item and transforming it into something different or better
  • God can use every gift or small act of kindness to make a difference in someone else's life
  • Proverbs 13:22
  • Forces on a roller coaster
  • Gravity
  • Cup-spinning experiment to demonstrate how coaster riders stay in their seats
  • Vocabulary: prevail, pledge
  • Webster's dictionary
  • Answer comprehension questions about Connecticut's people with information from the lesson
  • Come up with a breaking news report about Connecticut
  • How dictionaries work
  • Alphabetical order
  • Definitions
  • Guide words
  • Add a spotlight on Noah Webster to the unit project
  • Noah Webster
  • Pizza
  • UConn basketball
  • Lake Compounce amusement park
  • Boulder Dash
  • Weird laws in Connecticut
  • Come up with a pretend news report for the state
  • We are all members of one body in Christ
  • 1 Corinthians 12:12–13; 26–27
  • Estuaries
  • Brackish
  • Salinity levels of salt water, fresh water, and brackish water
  • The Long Island Sound is the second-largest estuary in the US
  • Animals that live in estuaries must adapt to the fluctuations in salinity
  • Types of animals that live in estuaries
  • Saltwater-freshwater experiment
  • Make snickerdoodle cookies or watch a video of them being prepared and rate the recipe
  • Vocabulary: broad, picturesque
  • Start working on unit project banner, including a flag, facts, and favorite place
  • Four regions of Connecticut: Central Valley, Western Uplands, Eastern Uplands, Coastal Lowland
  • Connecticut River
  • Hartford
  • Middletown
  • Appalachian Mountains
  • Mount Frissell
  • Mystic
  • Gillette Castle State Park
  • Hammonasset Beach State Park
  • Yale University
  • Mark Twain House & Museum
  • Connecticut
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Connecticut River
  • Massachusettes
  • New York (state)
  • American Revolutionary War
  • How Connecticut became a state
  • Indigenous Peoples of Connecticut: Pequot, Mohegan, and Nipmuc
  • Fundamental Orders
  • William Gillette
  • Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Practice detective skills like critical thinking, observation, and problem-solving
  • Sketch and color the flag of Connecticut, using the example as a guide
  • God is the potter, and we are the clay
  • Isaiah 64:8
  • State flower: mountain laurel
  • State animal: sperm whale
  • State tree: Charter Oak
  • State insect: praying mantis
  • Bobcats
  • Witch hazel
  • Four seasons in Connecticut
  • Nor'easters and ice storms
  • Winter weather can make driving dangerous
  • Roads can be treated to make them safer during icy or snowy weather
  • Test different materials to see which melts ice the fastest
  • Write a hypothesis and conclusion for your experiment
  • Vocabulary: lobby, legacy
  • Answer comprehension questions about Connecticut's symbols with information from the lesson
  • The song "Yankee Doodle"
  • Write a verse to add to the song "Yankee Doodle"
  • Add Connecticut's state symbols to the unit project banner
  • Solve riddles about Connecticut's state symbols
  • Write a riddle about the state symbol you designed
  • "Yankee Doodle"
  • Revolutionary War
  • Connecticut state symbols
  • How American soldiers reacted when the British sang "Yankee Doodle" as an insult
  • People can stay strong even when they are being teased
  • Design your own state symbol for Connecticut
  • God has a plan for every season we walk through
  • Ecclesiastes 3:1
  • We can see that God is powerful and holy by looking at His creation
  • Psalm 104:24
  • Interchangeable parts
  • How submarines move up and down in the water: floating, diving, submerging
  • Density
  • Ballast tank on a submarine
  • Try a hands-on activity to show how a submarine moves
  • Vocabulary: profitable, peddler
  • Answer comprehension questions about Connecticut's industries with information from the lesson
  • Add fact cards about Colorado's industries to your unit project
  • New Haven
  • New London
  • History of the shipbuilding industry in Connecticut
  • Seafaring and whaling industries
  • Clock making
  • Eli Terry
  • Timex brand
  • Manufacturing
  • "Yankee ingenuity"
  • Eli Whitney
  • How Connecticut became the Nutmeg State
  • Submarine-building industry
  • Connecticut's early imports and exports
  • The cost of living in Connecticut
  • Fiscal guardrails
  • Trade
  • Imports and exports
  • Think about what is imported and exported in the place where you live
  • Ingenuity and profitability
  • Try taking an item and transforming it into something different or better
  • God can use every gift or small act of kindness to make a difference in someone else's life
  • Proverbs 13:22
  • Forces on a roller coaster
  • Gravity
  • Inertia
  • Centripetal force
  • Cup-spinning experiment to demonstrate how coaster riders stay in their seats
  • Vocabulary: immigrant, acclaim
  • Webster's dictionary
  • Answer comprehension questions about Connecticut's people with information from the lesson
  • Research something currently happening in the state, take notes on it, and write about it
  • How dictionaries work
  • Alphabetical order
  • Definitions
  • Explanatory sentence
  • Guide words
  • Add a spotlight on Noah Webster to the unit project
  • Noah Webster
  • Apizza
  • UConn basketball
  • Lake Compounce amusement park
  • Boulder Dash
  • Weird laws in Connecticut
  • Connecticut state government structure
  • Home Rule Act
  • Political climate in Connecticut
  • Come up with a news report for something currently happening in the state
  • We are all members of one body in Christ
  • 1 Corinthians 12:12–13; 26–27
  • Estuaries
  • Brackish
  • Salinity levels of salt water, fresh water, and brackish water
  • The Long Island Sound is the second-largest estuary in the US
  • Animals that live in estuaries must adapt to the fluctuations in salinity
  • Types of animals that live in estuaries
  • Saltwater-freshwater experiment
  • Make snickerdoodle cookies or watch a video of them being prepared and rate the recipe
  • Vocabulary: provision, gable
  • Review snickerdoodles ike a restaurant critic in a newspaper-style article or record it as a YouTube-style video critique
  • Start planning unit project presentation
  • Four regions of Connecticut: Central Valley, Western Uplands, Eastern Uplands, Coastal Lowland
  • Connecticut River
  • Hartford
  • Middletown
  • Appalachian Mountains
  • Mount Frissell
  • Mystic
  • Gillette Castle State Park
  • Hammonasset Beach State Park
  • Yale University
  • Mark Twain House & Museum
  • Southwick Jog (or Notch)
  • Connecticut
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Connecticut River
  • Massachusettes
  • New York (state)
  • Rhode Island
  • Connecticut's four geographical regions: Western Uplands, Eastern Uplands, Central Valley, and Coastal Slope
  • American Revolutionary War
  • How Connecticut became a state
  • Indigenous Peoples of Connecticut: Pequot, Mohegan, and Nipmuc
  • Fundamental Orders
  • William Gillette
  • Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Practice detective skills like critical thinking, observation, and problem-solving
  • Sketch and color the flag and state seal of Connecticut, using the examples as a guide
  • God is the potter, and we are the clay
  • Isaiah 64:8
  • State flower: mountain laurel
  • State animal: sperm whale
  • State tree: Charter Oak
  • State insect: praying mantis
  • Bobcats
  • Witch hazel
  • Four seasons in Connecticut
  • Nor'easters and ice storms
  • Winter weather can make driving dangerous
  • Roads can be treated proactively or reactively to make them safer during icy or snowy weather
  • Test different materials to see which melts ice the fastest
  • Write a hypothesis and conclusion for your experiment
  • Vocabulary: commodity, inundate
  • Use guided notes to create a summary paragraph about Connecticut's nature and weather
  • The song "Yankee Doodle"
  • Write a verse to add to the song "Yankee Doodle"
  • Solve a riddle about one of Connecticut's state symbols and write your own riddles about the other symbols
  • "Yankee Doodle"
  • Revolutionary War
  • Richard Schuckburg
  • The Macaroni Club
  • Connecticut state symbols
  • How American soldiers reacted when the British sang "Yankee Doodle" as an insult
  • People can sometimes be overly concerned with looks and status
  • Design your own state symbol for Connecticut
  • God has a plan for every season we walk through
  • Ecclesiastes 3:1
  • We can see that God is powerful and holy by looking at His creation
  • Psalm 104:24
  • Interchangeable parts
  • How submarines move in the water: floating, diving, submerging, and propulsion
  • Density
  • Ballast tank on a submarine
  • The deeper an object goes underwater, the more pressure it experiences
  • Make your own submarine and observe how it moves
  • Vocabulary: seafaring, craftsmanship
  • Use guided notes to create a summary paragraph about Connecticut's industries and economy
  • Do research about imports and exports
  • Write about the industry that has been the most impactful to Connecticut and add it to your unit project
  • New Haven
  • New London
  • History of the shipbuilding industry in Connecticut
  • Seafaring and whaling industries
  • Clock making
  • Eli Terry
  • Timex brand
  • Manufacturing
  • "Yankee ingenuity"
  • Eli Whitney
  • How Connecticut became the Nutmeg State
  • Submarine-building industry
  • Hartford and its influence in pioneering the insurance industry
  • Connecticut's early imports and exports
  • The cost of living in Connecticut
  • Fiscal guardrails
  • Trade
  • Imports and exports
  • Some things are both imports and exports
  • Research what is imported and exported in the place where you live
  • Ingenuity and profitability
  • Try taking an item and transforming it into something different or better
  • Brainstorm solutions to a current problem
  • Reflect on the idiom: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
  • God can use every gift or small act of kindness to make a difference in someone else's life
  • Proverbs 13:22
  • Forces on a roller coaster
  • Gravity
  • Inertia
  • Centripetal force
  • Friction
  • Wind resistance
  • Cup-spinning experiment to demonstrate how coaster riders stay in their seats
  • Design your own roller coaster, build it, and test it
  • Vocabulary: dominance, infrastructure
  • Webster's dictionary
  • Use guided notes to create a summary paragraph about Connecticut's people and governance
  • Research something currently happening in the state, take notes on it, and present it in a news report
  • How dictionaries work
  • Alphabetical order
  • Definitions
  • Explanatory sentence
  • Guide words
  • Practice looking up words in the dictionary and write out the defintions, part of speech, and an explanatory sentence for each
  • Write entries for some slang terms or words that are popular now that you think should be added to the dictionary
  • Add the last section to unit project and present the finished work to your family or class
  • Grade your unit project with the rubric provided
  • Noah Webster
  • Apizza
  • UConn basketball
  • Lake Compounce amusement park
  • Boulder Dash
  • Weird laws in Connecticut
  • Connecticut state government structure
  • Home Rule Act
  • Political climate in Connecticut
  • The value of education in Connecticut
  • Do some research about an event currently happening in the state and write a news report on it
  • We are all members of one body in Christ
  • 1 Corinthians 12:12–13; 26–27
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