rd
3
Grade Social Studies
• Today you will
learn about our
state’s quarter,
flag, gem, bird
and many other
facts about our
great state of
Idaho.
The United States
We live here in Idaho.
This is the shape of our state of Idaho.
Boise is our State Capitol.
Boise
These are some of the natural resources
we have in our Gem State…
About our states name…
• Originally suggested for Colorado, the
name "Idaho" was used for a steamship
which traveled the Columbia River.
About our states name…
• With the discovery of gold on the
Clearwater River in 1860, the diggings
began to be called the Idaho mines.
"Idaho" is a coined or invented word, and is not a
derivation of an Indian phrase "E Dah Hoe (How)"
supposedly meaning "gem of the mountains."
The Star Garnet is Idaho State’s gem.
This beautiful stone has a four-point star when
it is polished (and sometimes a six-point star).
Did you know?
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Seventy-two different kinds of
precious and semi-precious stones have
been found in Idaho. Africa is the only
area in the world that has more kinds of
gems than Idaho. People come from
many other states to hunt for Idaho
gemstones.
The potatoe is Idaho’s
state vegetable.
Our hard working farmers and
workers have made Idaho famous
for our potatoes.
Our state quarter and motto
Idaho became the 43rd state
in 1890 - Idaho's state
quarter
features the state raptor an
outline map of Idaho with a
star indicating location of
Boise, and the state motto:
"Esto Perpetua"
(which means perpetual)
Our state fruit the Huckleberry.
Our state motto is Esto Perpetua
• "Esto Perpetua" (Let it be perpetual)
Our state horse the Appaloosa.
The Hagerman Horse is Idaho’s
state fossil.
Other
Fossils
found in
Idaho.
Here is our state flag.
Here is our state seal.
Our state fish is the Cutthroat
• The Cutthroat, is
native to Idaho.
The Cutthroat's
name comes
from the
distinctive red to
orange slash on
the underside of
its lower jaw.
The Syringa is Idaho State’s
Flower.
The Mountain Bluebird is Idaho’s
state bird.
The Falcon is Idaho’s state raptor
(peregrine falcon).
American Folk Dance is our
state’s dance.
Here We Have Idaho
You’ve heard of the wonders our land does possess,
Its beautiful valleys and hills.
The majestic forests where nature abounds,
We love every nook and rill
Chorus:
And here we have Idaho,
Winning her way to fame.
Silver and gold in the sunlight blaze,
And romance lies in her name.
Idaho State Song
“Here We Have Idaho”
Singing, we’re singing of you,
Ah, proudly too. All our lives thru,
We’ll go singing, singing of you,
Singing of Idaho.
There’s truly one state in this great land of ours,
Where ideals can be realized.
The pioneers made it so for you and me,
A legacy we’ll always prize.
Chorus:
And here we have Idaho,
Winning her way to fame.
Silver and gold in the sunlight blaze,
And romance lies in her name. Singing, we’re singing of you,
Ah, proudly too. All our lives thru,
We’ll go singing, singing of you,
Singing of Idaho.
The Western White Pine is Idaho’s
state tree.
The Monarch Butterfly is
Idaho’s state insect.
These were just some of the
Facts that makes Idaho a
wonderful state.
Thanks for learning with us today.
Now that you have seen some of our Idaho
States wonderful sights. Let’s make a book to tell
your favorite parts. A picture is added to each
box, your job is to finish the statement,”Idaho’s
state…is…”, then add to the picture that is
provided. Don’t just color. Where would the
Mountain Blue bird be sitting, a nest, on a branch,
on a tent? You decide and have fun.
Idaho’s State Bird is
____________________
Our booklet of
interesting
Facts about Idaho
Idaho’s state quarter is
below.
By____________________
Idaho’s state dance is
____________________
Idaho ‘s state fish is
___________________
Idaho’s state bird is
____________________
Our state seal is below.
Our state flower is
____________________
Idaho’s state flag is below.
Idaho’s state fruit is the
____________________
Our state vegetable is the
____________________
Our state horse is the
___________________
Our state insect is the
____________________
Idaho’s state raptor is the
____________________
Idaho’s state tree is the
____________________
Our state fossil is the
____________________
Our state gem is the
____________________
Continue to learn about Idaho at
these Web Resources
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<img src="http://county-map.digital-topo-maps.com/idaho-county-map.gif"><br>
Map Courtesy of <a href="http://www.digital-topo-maps.com/">Digital Map
Store</a>
State symbols usa
• http://education.boisestate.edu/compass/Idahohistory/TeacherIntro.htm
• idaho.gov
• States symbols usa
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www.usgennet.org/usa/id/state1/alhn/state.html
Teacher information to read before
the slide show.
Idaho’s Flag
• Idaho's flag consists of the state seal on a field of
blue. The words "State of Idaho" appear in gold
letters on a red and gold band below the seal.
The seal, in the center of the flag, depicts a miner
and a woman representing equality, liberty and
justice. The symbols on the seal represent some of
Idaho's natural resources: mines, forests, farmland,
and wildlife.
Idaho State seal and Flag
By Suzanne Taylor
Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 and that same summer a talented young woman came to the
state capitol at Boise to visit relatives. Emma Sarah Etine Edwards (later she married mining man
James G. Green) was the daughter of John C. Edwards, a former Governor of Missouri (1844-48) who
had emigrated to Stockton, California where he acquired large land holdings, a beautiful French
Creole wife, Emma Catherine Richards, and became Mayor of Stockton, in about that order.
Emma, eldest of a family of eight, was exceptionally well educated for a woman of that period and
when she dropped into Boise, it was on her way home from a year spent at art school in New York.
However, what was to be a very short visit turned into a lifelong stay, for she fell in love with the
charming city and its people and opened art classes where the young pioneers of the community
learned to paint.
Shortly after her classes started, she was invited to enter a design for the Great Seal of the State
of Idaho. Acting on Concurrent Resolution No. 1, adopted by the First Legislature of the newest
state in the union, a committee was appointed from that body and instructed to offer a prize of one
hundred dollars for the best design submitted.
Artists from all over the country entered the competition, but the unanimous winner was young Emma
Edwards, who became the first and only woman to design the Great Seal of a State.
She was handed the honorarium by Governor Norman B. Willey on March 5, 1891. The state flag also
carries the seal centered on a deep blue background.
Emma Edwards Green had no children of her own, but assisted in rearing a nephew, Darell B. Edwards,
a distinguished Oakland attorney. Ralph Edwards of "This is Your Life," also a nephew, shows a valid
artistic strain flourished in the Edwards family.
Mrs. Green died in Boise January 6, 1942. She was buried beside her husband in Oakland, California.
Description of the State Seal
• By Emma Edwards Green, the Designer
Before designing the seal, I was careful to make
a thorough study of the resources and future
possibilities of the State. I invited the advice
and counsel of every member of the Legislature
and other citizens qualified to help in creating a
Seal of State that really represented Idaho at
that time. Idaho had been admitted into the
Union on July 3rd, 1890. The first state
Legislature met in Boise on December 8, 1890,
and on March 14th, 1891, adopted my design for
the Great Seal of the State of Idaho.
Description of the State Seal pg 2
• In regard to the coloring of the emblems used in the making of the
Great Seal of the State of Idaho, my principal desire was to use such
colors as would typify pure Americanism and the history of the State.
As Idaho was a virgin state, I robed my goddess in white and made
the liberty cap on the end of the spear the same color. In
representing the miner, I gave him the garb of the period suggested
by such mining authorities as former United States Senator George
Shoup, of Idaho, former Governor Norman B. Willey if Idaho, former
Governor James H. Hawley of Idaho, and other mining men and early
residents of the state who knew intimately the usual garb of the
miner. Almost unanimously they said, "Do not put the miner in a red
shirt." "Make the shirt a grayish brown," said Captain J.J. Wells,
chairman of the Seal Committee. The "Light of the Mountains" is
typified by the rosy glow which precedes the sunrise.
Description of the State Seal pg 3
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The question of Woman Suffrage was being agitated somewhat, and as leading
men and politicians agreed that Idaho would eventually give women the right
to vote, and as mining was the chief industry, and the mining man the largest
financial factor of the state at that time, I made the figure of the man the
most prominent in the design, while that of the woman, signifying justice, as
noted by the scales; liberty, as denoted by the liberty cap on the end of the
spear, and equality with man as denoted by her position at his side, also
signifies freedom. The pick and shovel held by the miner, and the ledge of
rock beside which he stands, as well as the pieces of ore scattered about his
feet, all indicate the chief occupation of the State. The stamp mill in the
distance, which you can see by using a magnifying glass, is also typical of the
mining interest of Idaho. The shield between the man and woman is
emblematic of the protection they unite in giving the state. The large fir or
pine tree in the foreground in the shield refers to Idaho's immense timber
interests. The husbandman plowing on the left side of the shield, together
with the sheaf of grain beneath the shield, are emblematic of Idaho's
agricultural resources, while the cornucopias, or horns of plenty, refer to the
horticultural. Idaho has a game law, which protects the elk and moose. The
elk's head, therefore, rises above the shield. The state flower, the wild
Syringa or Mock Orange, grows at the woman's feet, while the ripened wheat
grows as high as her shoulder. The star signifies a new light in the galaxy of
states. . . . The river depicted in the shield is our mighty Snake or Shoshone
River, a stream of great majesty.
Idaho Gem
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Idaho.--Alluvial deposits of almandite garnet were discovered in the
early 1880's near Fernwood in Benewah County, but commercial gem and
industrial mining did not start until the early 1940's. The deposits are
on Emerald, Carpenter, and Meadow Creeks about 6.4 km from a micagarnet schist formation. The garnet-bearing gravels are about 1 m to
about 1.2 m thick and contain 8% to 15% garnet. These deposits are the
basis of the largest industrial garnet mine in the nation and also
produce gem garnet. Additionally, star garnets are produced from the
placers of Purdue Creek in Latah County.
Idaho's deposits also are the only ones in the world, besides India, that
produces significant amounts of star garnets. These almandite garnets
are translucent, purplish-red stones that show four- or six-ray stars
when cabochon cut, or are transparent, deep red stones that can be
faceted. The asterism is the result of silky rutile inclusions.
Gem-quality garnets also are produced commercially from an area of
the Little North Fork and North Fork of the Clearwater River in
Clearwater County. They range from purplish rose-red to a highly
prized "special pink." Gem-quality garnets occur at a number of other
locations in Idaho and are periodically mined by hobbyists or
professional collectors for the gemstone market.
Teacher information Star Garnets
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Star garnets are supposedly found only two places in the world, Idaho
and one location in India. In all our years we have never seen one that
was definitely from India. We have been told that both locations
produce 4 ray stars, but only Idaho produces any 6 ray stars. We sell
stones cut from Idaho material. They are mined in a region a little
Northeast of Moscow and Southeast of Couer D'Alene. The Forest
Service controls digging on public lands in this area. For a small fee
you can use a pick and shovel to dig a hole. Get muddy up to your
armpits washing and screening this material and work hard all day to
find your limit of 5 pounds (if you are lucky). Most of the material
that produces star stones is nearly opaque and dark reddish/purple
color. Some very large crystals can be found (3 to 5 inch diameter),
but are commonly fractured and will be cut into smaller cleaner
stones. Large sizes and really good quality stones are hard to come
by. About half of all the rough you could dig will not cut a stone worth
trying to sell. Only about one in 100 pieces of cuttable rough will cut a
stone that is free of internal flaws. Many stones have weak stars that
are only visible in sunlight or under a good spotlight. About 95% of all
the stones we cut produces a 4 ray star. Many try to be a 6 ray but
don't quite make it. They have 4 good arms and (if you look close), 2
weak arms. You would have to work this material for a long time to
realize how rare a larger size, sharp 6 ray stone really is.
Mountain Blue Bird
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The Mountain Bluebird is a medium-sized bird weighing about an ounce,
with a length from 15-20 cm (6-8 in). They have light underbellies and
black eyes. Adult males have thin bills. They are bright blue and
somewhat lighter beneath. Adult females have duller blue wings and tail,
grey breast, grey crown, throat and back.
The Mountain Bluebird is migratory. Their range varies from Mexico in
the winter to as far north as Alaska, throughout the western U.S. and
Canada. Northern birds migrate to the southern parts of the range;
southern birds are often permanent residents. Some birds may move to
lower elevations in winter.
These birds hover over the ground and fly down to catch insects, also
flying from a perch to catch them. They mainly eat insects and berries.
They may forage in flocks in winter.
Their is open country across western North America, including
mountain areas, as far north as Alaska. They nest in pre-existing
cavities or in nest boxes. In remote areas, these birds are less
affected by competition for natural nesting locations than other
bluebirds. Females usually build the nests themselves.
This is the state bird of Idaho and Nevada.
Syringa
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The history of the Syringa, or Lewis Mock Orange, as a representative
of the State of Idaho, began in the summer of 1890. Idaho had just
been admitted to the union in July. As a new state, Idaho was in need of
an official state seal. Concurrent Resolution No. 1, of the First Idaho
Legislature, directed that a committee be formed to sponsor a design
contest for the seal and that a prize of $100.00 be awarded for the
best design. The First Legislature also agreed to identify Syringa as
the official state flower.
That summer, Emma Sarah Etine Edwards arrived in Boise to visit
relatives. A talented artist, Emma had spent the previous year at art
school in New York and was on her way home to California when she
stopped in Idaho. Emma fell in love with Boise and decided to stay,
offering art instruction to the residents of the city. Her talents were
substantial and she was invited to enter the state seal design contest.
Incorporated in her winning design of The Great Seal of the State of
Idaho was the Syringa. In her design description, Emma notes the
presence of the state flower.
"The state flower, the wild Syringa or Mock Orange, grows at the
woman's feet, while the ripened wheat grows as high as her shoulder."