AOL Junior America Activities explore topics such as African Americans, Native Americans, government, presidents, history, and the states Benjamin Franklin's Guide to U.S. Government learn all kinds of cool facts about our government from how laws are made to elections Washington State Capitol Virtual Tour take a guided tour or explore on your own Social Studies for Kids is a site with articles, subjects, and tons of links for all subjects of social studies History Mystery How would you like to become a great investigator — of history?  Professor Carlotta Facts challenges you to solve the History Mystery!  If you figure out the mystery in fewer clues, you earn a higher title as an investigator. Washington State Symbols Symbols are often adopted after a concerted effort by citizens to have a significant item recognized for its importance to the state.  To that end, citizens, organizations or school children often research a particular symbol and make a request for a bill.  Find out how it's done. Washington State Internet Resources from Miss Aalbu's Class at Picnic Point Elementary Use the following sites to research your home state, Washington! Yahoo! Kids World Fact Book contains info on all the countries of the world, including maps, pictures of flags, statistics, and info on each country's history, land, people government and money system Washington State Legislature for Kids State symbols and trivia, how a bill becomes a law, and links to other Washington state kids' pages. Washington State Counties learn about each county in our state Washington State Capitol Virtual Tour see the sites in Olympia at the state capitol (virtual tour is made by kids) Washington State Symbols and Information discover all kinds of facts about the state of Washington Washington State Capitol Trivia Contest The fair city of Olympia, the capital of Washington state, is located in the northwest corner of the continental United States in what is known as the Pacific Northwest. Olympia boasts a spectacular capitol building located in the heart of the city and at the southern tip of the Puget Sound. Here is an opportunity to test yourself on how well you know this state landmark, and a chance to learn more about it. Washington State Apples learn all kinds of information about our state fruit, the apple