U.S. States and Capitals Worksheets and Task Cards

Learning the U.S. states and capitals doesn’t have to be a daunting task for your 5th graders. This set of worksheets and task cards will make the journey engaging and fun. You can use these activities as a supplement to your grade 5 social studies/geography curriculum. They are a great way to break up the monotony of memorizing the names of states and capitals and allow your learners to gain knowledge in a few of our nation’s major landmarks. Not only that, but they will also walk away having learned some fun facts about 10 U.S. states. As learners work their way through the 20 task cards, they will be asked to identify states and capitals, but with a few twists. They’ll identify states by their silhouettes, the names of the capitals, or the state’s nickname. Answers will be given in the form of naming a state, capital, or a state’s two letter abbreviation. In one of the worksheets, learners will put their internet research skills to the test in order to find the state and corresponding capital in which famous landmarks are found. Another worksheet requires learners to solve grade level math problems as a way to find the names of states and their capitals.  These activities are rounded out with a worksheet in which learners will identify states by their silhouettes and unscramble the name of their capitals. The 4 worksheets are PRINT and GO, saving you valuable time. Once the initial prep of the task cards is complete, you will have a go-to activity to use with your learners year-over-year. As an added bonus, the task cards also come with a set of corresponding Power Point slides. This allows for whole-group instruction. If you’d prefer your learners get up and moving, place each task card around your indoor or outdoor educational environment and let them move from card to card to answer each question. All task cards and worksheets are available in a color format, as well as a black & white format. Answer keys are also included. Below are the details of each product page.

PAGE 1: Task Cards #1-4

PAGE 2: Task Cards #5-8

PAGE 3: Task Cards #9-12

PAGE 4: Task Cards #13-16

PAGE 5: Task Cards #17-20

PAGE 6: Answer Recording Sheets for Task Cards (2 sheets per page)

PAGE 7: Learners will read fun facts about 10 states and answer the questions by solving  math problems. A key is provided which learners will use to match the equation’s solution with the state’s capital.

PAGE 8: Learners will research the given famous U.S. landmarks or national parks and write the names of the state and capitals in which each is located.

PAGE 9: Learners will identify 10 states using the state silhouette and capital’s name.

PAGE 10: Learners will unscramble the names of 10 state capitals and write the names on the lines next to each state silhouette.

ANSWER KEY

POWER POINT SLIDES 1-20: each slide includes one enlarged version of the states and capitals task cards.