Arkansas - School-Age
Arkansas
25th State(June 15, 1836), deep south U.S.
State Abbreviation: AR
Capital: Little Rock
Origin of name: From the Quapaw word meaning "south wind."
Motto: Regnat Populus (The People Rule)
Nickname: The Natural State
Size: About 53,179 square miles
Arkansas State Symbols
Arkansas State Symbols
Information Sheet and Color Pages (pdf)
Arkansas State Bird and State Flower Printable Color Page.
Arkansas: State Seal
Beverage: Milk
Bird: Mockingbird
Dance: Square Dance
Flower: Apple Blossom
Fruit and Vegetable: South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink Tomato
Gemstone: Diamond
Insect: Honeybee
Instrument: Fiddle (A violin when used in folk music.)
Mammal: White-tail Deer
Mineral: Quartz Crystal
Rock: Bauxite
State Songs: 4 - Arkansas (You Run Deep in Me), Oh, Arkansas, Arkansas, The Arkansas Traveler
Tree: Loblolly Pine
Video
Things to Know
United States Senators from Arkansas.
Arkansas changed its nickname from "Land of Opportunity" to "The Natural State" in 1995 to promote tourism. Arkansas has vast wilderness: mountains, forests, valleys, lakes, streams, wetlands, and wildlife.
Arkansas was part of the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase.
Near Murfreesboro is the Crater of Diamonds State Park, the only place in North America where diamonds have been discovered and mined.
Major Rivers: Arkansas River, Mississippi River
Famous Arkansans
William Jefferson Clinton (1946- ), 42nd President of the U.S.
Things to Do
Brainstorm
List as many words and phrases as you can that include the word diamond. For example: Baseball Diamond and Diamond Mine.
Arkansas State Bird and State Flower Printable Color Page.
Arkansas Activity Book(pdf)
Coloring book of Arkansas' State Symbols
Sites to See
Civil Rights - The Little Rock Nine
See Inside a Diamond
In this interactive feature, try your hand at using quarks and electrons to fashion an atom of carbon -- the stuff that diamonds are made of -- then have a close look at a diamond crystal.
Ozark Mountains
An area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma.
The Ozarks from the Buffalo National
River, Newton County, Arkansas
