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Virginia’s New Hamster: A Thirteen States Mnemonic

Submitted by Steven Lapham on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 4:06pm

Nancy L. Gallenstein
This humorous short story assists students in memorizing the original 13 states of the Union in 1776.

http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1204/120408.html [1]

Independence [2]
Social Studies and the Young Learner [3]
Elementary [4]
US History [5]

Source URL: http://www.socialstudies.org/teacherslibrary/virginia-s-new-hamster-thirteen-states-mnemonic

Links:
[1] http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1204/120408.html
[2] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/historical-period/indepencence
[3] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/journal/social-studies-and-young-learner
[4] http://www.socialstudies.org/elementary
[5] http://www.socialstudies.org/ushistory