Alabama,
Alaska,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut;
Delaware,
Florida,
Georgia,
Hawaii,
Idaho,
Illinois,
Indiana;
Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan;
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Montana,
Nebraska,
Nevada;
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Ohio;
Oklahoma,
Oregon,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Texas;
Utah,
Vermont,
Virginia,
Washington,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Wyoming

North, south, east, west, in our calm, objective opinion,

(name of home state) is the best of the

Fifty nifty United States from thirteen original colonies,

Shout 'em, scout 'em, Tell all about 'em,

One by one till we've given a day to every state in the good old U. S. A.

Question: What did you notice about the order of the states?
 


When a group of words are alphabetized, that means they are arranged in alphabetical order from A to Z.

As seen in this song, all of the states that start with A are listed first, followed by the states that start with B and so on.

Question: How did they know how to arrange or alphabetize the states that started with the same letter?

Answer: They looked at the next letter in the word and alphabatized it based on these letters.

Great job! If two words start with the same letter, we look at the next letter in the word to alphabetize it.

For example: Alaska and Arizona both start with A, so we have to look at the second letter in the word which is l and r. Since l comes before r in the alphabet, Alaska would be placed before Arizona.


This process would repeat if they had the same first and second letter, then we would look at the third letter.