Interactive Book Age Range: 4th grade Disability to Overcome: LD, Visual Impairments, Hearing Impairments Intended Use Where: History Class When: Nebraska.

Interactive Book

• Age Range: 4th grade• Disability to Overcome: LD, Visual

Impairments, Hearing Impairments• Intended Use• Where: History Class• When: Nebraska State History• How: For Review; and Learning material

for the first time.

Nebraska History Jenifer Darling- Duden

Fall 2010

Vocabulary:• Native - someone or something associated to a

specific place by birth or origin• State Symbol - objects or places that represent

various qualities and strengths of the state• Legislature – Branch of government that makes laws• Law- Rules• Declared- To make known formally or officially• Hardy- Capable of surviving unfavorable conditions• Pollen- the powder inside a flower which fertilizes

other flowers

State Information

• Residents: Nebraskan

• Motto: Equality before the law

• Organized as territory: May 30, 1854

• Became a state: March 1, 1867

• Capital: Lincoln

State Symbols

• Origin of name- From an Oto Indian word meaning “flat water”

• 10 Largest cities: Omaha, Lincoln, Bellevue, Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings, Fremont, North Platte, Norfolk, Columbus

• Land area: 76,872 sq mi

State Song- “Beautiful Nebraska”

State Tree- Cottonwood

The cottonwood tree is a Nebraska native. It is found throughout the state but grows best near rivers and streams. A fully grown tree may be eighty feet tall. White fibers that look like cotton are attached to the seeds. Spring breezes can blow the cottony seeds for miles.

State Bird- Western MeadowlarkThe Western Meadowlark was chosen as the state bird by the legislature in 1927. It was a popular choice because the meadowlark helps control harmful insects and has such a beautiful song. It is found throughout the state but does prefer grasslands and open fields.

State Mammal- Whitetail Deer

Nickname- Cornhusker State; Beef State

State Insect- Honeybee

School children from Auburn suggested the honeybee as the Nebraska State insect. In 1975 Governor J. James Exon signed a law that made it official. Honeybees were brought to this continent in the seventeenth century by the first settlers from Europe.

State Fish- Channel Catfish

State Flower- Golden Rod

Goldenrod was declared the state flower in 1895. This hardy plant grows throughout Nebraska and is a native of the state. The bright yellow flowers bloom in the fall. The pollen from the blossoms does not cause hay fever.

Time For Review

• The state flower is?

• Blue Bonnet

• Golden Rod

• Sunflower

Time For Review

• The State Tree is?

• Cottonwood

• Weeping Willow

• Oak

Time For Review

• The state insect is?

• Meadow Lark

• Beautiful Nebraska

• Honey Bee