Vermont

Ages 5–11 · 17 minutes · Geography

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Part of

The 50 States

Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

D2.Geo.3.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Use maps, globes, and other simple geographic models to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of places.
D2.Geo.6.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of specific places.
D2.Geo.3.3-5 — Individually and with others, students… Use maps of different scales to describe the locations of cultural and environmental characteristics.
D2.Geo.2.3-5 — Individually and with others, students… Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.

Alabama

SS10.3.1.1 — Using cardinal and intermediate directions to locate on a map or globe an area in Alabama or the world (Alabama)
SS10.3.1.7 — Using vocabulary associated with maps and globes, including _megalopolis, landlocked, border_, and _elevation_
SS10.3.2.2 — Locating major mountain ranges, oceans, rivers, and lakes throughout the world (Alabama)

Alaska

1 — know that places have distinctive geographic characteristics;
1 — use maps and globes to locate places and regions;
2 — analyze how places are formed, identified, named, and characterized;
5 — describe and demonstrate how places and regions serve as cultural symbols, such as the Statue of Liberty;

Arizona

2.G1.1 — Use and construct maps, graphs, and other geographic representations of familiar and unfamiliar places in the world; and locate physical and human features. • Key physical features include but are not limited to seven continents, oceans, lakes, rivers, mountain ranges, coasts, seas, and deserts • Key human features include but are not limited to equator, hemispheres, North and South Pole, cities, states, countries, regions, and landmarks
2.C2.1 — Describe roles and responsibilities of people in authority within our country and world.
2.E3.1 — Identify and describe the goods and services that are produced around the world.
2.G2.1 — Explain how weather, climate, and other environmental characteristics affect people’s lives in a place or region being studied.
2.H1.1 — Explain how individuals can make contributions to a civilization and/or culture in place or region studied.

Arkansas

G.1.K.2 — Identify and describe the physical characteristics of a place such as rivers, mountains, and forests using maps, globes, and photographs.
G.1.1.6 — Describe the influence of weather, climate, and physical characteristics on people’s daily lives.
G.1.2.2 — Describe the physical and human characteristics of a place using geographic tools such as maps, globes, and charts.
G.1.K.6 — Identify the influence of weather and climate on people’s daily lives.
G.1.K.9 — Discuss products and traditions that connect people around the world (e.g., where products are made, celebrations, dance, art, food, toys).

California

1.2.1 — Locate on maps and globes their local community, California, the United States, the seven continents, and the four oceans.

Colorado

PGS.4 — Examine the characteristics of places and regions, and the changing nature among geographic and human interactions.
SS.2.2.1 — Use geographic terms and tools to locate and describe spatial patterns and places.
SS.5.2.1 — Use geographic tools and sources to research and answer questions about United States geography.
SS.K.2.2 — Identify how the environment influences the way people live.

Connecticut

GEO 2.6 — Identify cultural and environmental characteristics of a place/region.
GEO 2.4 — Explain how the environment affects people’s lives.
GEO.K.3 — Use maps, globes, and other simple geographic models to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of places.
GEO 3.2 — Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.

Delaware

G.1.K-3a — Students will understand the nature and uses of maps, globes, and other geo-graphics. Grade K and Grade 3
G.2.K-3a — Students will distinguish different types of climate and landforms and explain why they occur. Grade 2
H.4.K-3b — Students will develop an awareness of major events and people in United States and Delaware history. • Who lives here and how did they get here? (immigrants, demographics, ethnic and religious groups) • Important people in our past • Different kinds of communities in Delaware and the United States
K-3a — Students will use the concepts of place and region to explain simple patterns of connections between and among places across the country and the world. Grade 3
G.3.K-3a — Students will identify types of human settlement, connections between settlements, and the types of activities found in each. Grade 3

Florida

SS.2.G.1.4 — Use a map to locate the countries in North America (Canada, United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean Islands).
SS.5.G.1.6 — Locate and identify states, capitals, and United States Territories on a map.
SS.3.G.2.4 — Describe the physical features of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
SS.3.G.2.5 — Identify natural and man-made landmarks in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Georgia

S3L1.b — Construct an explanation of how external features and adaptations (camouflage, hibernation, migration, mimicry) of animals allow them to survive in their habitat.

Hawaii

SS.1.2.14.3 — Investigate cultural and environmental characteristics of your community
SS.1.3.17.1 — Investigate historically significant events, people, and observances in history
SS.2.3.13.4 — Describe major geographic features of places using maps, photos, and other geographic representations
SS.2.1.6.1 — Investigate school, community, and national leaders and their responsibilities

Idaho

2.SS.2.1.4 — Illustrate that boundary lines separate states.
5.SS.2.1.4 — Name and locate the 50 States and their Capitals, and U.S. Territories.

Illinois

SS.2.G.1 — With guidance and support, use print and digital maps, globes and other simple geographic models to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of places.
SS.3.G.1 — Use print and digital maps, globes, and other simple geographic models to identify topographic and other graphic representations of both familiar and unfamiliar locations.
SS.2.G.2 — With guidance and support, identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of your community and compare to other places or regions.

Indiana

5.G.2 — Use maps and globes to locate states, capitals, major cities, major rivers, the Great Lakes, and mountain ranges in the United States. (E)
1.H.8 — Distinguish between historical fact and fiction in American folktales and legends that are part of American culture.
5.E.3 — Describe the impact of technological developments and major inventions on business productivity during the early development of the United States. (E)
3.ESS.1 — Obtain and combine information to determine seasonal weather patterns across the different regions of the United States.

Iowa

SS.6.17 — Analyze and explain the cultural, physical, and environmental characteristics of places and regions and how this affects the life of the people who live there.
SS.K.14. — Compare environmental characteristics in Iowa with other places.

Kansas

There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water.
Animals have body parts that capture and convey different kinds of information needed for growth and survival. Animals respond to these inputs with behaviors that help them survive. Plants also respond to some external inputs.
Benchmark 4.5.1 — The student will recognize and evaluate dynamic relationships that impact lives in communities, states, and nations.
Standard 4.5 — Relationships among people, places, ideas, and environments are dynamic.

Kentucky

2.G.GR.1 — Examine geographic features of places in North America, using a variety of geographic data, including maps, photos and other geographic tools.
K.G.KGE.1 — Identify physical and environmental characteristics of communities.

Louisiana

2.21 — Describe geographic features and physical characteristics of places in the United States and the world, including mountains, hills, plains, deserts, coasts, islands, peninsulas, lakes, oceans, and rivers.
3.20 — Describe the geographic features of places in the United States.
3.21 — Interpret geographic features of the United States using a variety of tools such as different types of maps and photos.
1.26 — Differentiate between the town, parish, state, and country in which the student lives on a political map.

Maine

SL.3.K.a — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
3-ESS2-2 — Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.

Maryland

identifying continents and oceans near and far from Maryland on maps and globe.
applying cardinal directions on maps, globes, GPS, and Google Earth.

Massachusetts

4.T4a.1 — On a political map of the United States, locate the states in the Northeast (listed alphabetically: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont).
4.T4a.3 — Develop questions, conduct research, and analyze how people have adapted to the environment of the Northeast, and how physical features and natural resources affected settlement patterns, the growth of major urban/suburban areas, industries or trade.
4.T1.2 — On a political map of North America, locate Canada and its provinces, Mexico and its states, the nations of the Caribbean, and the United States of America and its states; explain the meaning of the terms continent, country, nation, county, state, province, and city.

Michigan

4–G1.0.3 — Use geographic tools and technologies, stories, songs, and pictures to answer geographic questions about the United States.
4–G1.0.4 — Use maps to describe elevation, climate, and patterns of population density in the United States.
K–G1.0.1 — Recognize that maps and globes represent places.
4–G2.0.2 — Locate and describe human and physical characteristics of major U.S. regions and compare them to the Great Lakes region.

Minnesota

4.3.2.3.1 — Locate and identify the physical and human characteristics of places in the United States, and also Canada or Mexico. For example: Physical characteristics—landforms (Rocky Mountains), ecosystems (forest), bodies of water (Mississippi River, Hudson Bay), soil, vegetation, weather and climate. Human characteristics— structures (Statue of Liberty), bridges (Golden Gate Bridge), canals (Erie Canal), cities, political boundaries, population distribution, settlement patterns, language, ethnicity, nationality, religious beliefs.
4.3.2.4.1 — Name and locate states and territories, major cities and state capitals in the United States.
4.3.2.4.2 — Name and locate countries neighboring the United States and their major cities. For example: Countries neighboring the United States—Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Russia; Major cities—Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Mexico City, Havana.
3.3.1.1.1 — Use maps and concepts of location (relative location words and cardinal and intermediate directions) to describe places in one’s community, the state of Minnesota, the United States or the world. For example: Relative location words— close to, above, bordering. Description using relative location words—"Our school is across from the post office." Description using cardinal directions— "Mexico is south of the United States." Description using intermediate directions—“Hawaii is southwest of the continental United States.”
2.3.1.1.3 — Use maps, photos or other geographic tools to identify and locate major landmarks or major physical features of the United States. For example: Physical features—the Atlantic Coast, Rocky Mountains, Mississippi River, Lake Superior. Landmarks—Statue of Liberty, Angel Island, Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial.

Mississippi

L.3.1.3 — Obtain and communicate examples of physical features or behaviors of vertebrates and invertebrates and how these characteristics help them survive in particular environments, (e.g., animals hibernate, migrate, or estivate to stay alive when food is scarce or temperatures are not favorable).
2.G.1.2 — Identify political and physical borders in the United States and across the globe.
5.10.2 — Identify and label each of the 50 states on a map.
5.9.2 — Identify school, community, state, and national symbols (e.g., United States flag, American eagle, etc.).

Missouri

2.H.3.C.a — Describe the contributions of inventors or pioneers in their field who influenced progress in our nation.
4.EG.5.B.a — Name and locate specific regions, states, capitals, river systems and mountain ranges in the United States based on historical or current topics.
4.EG.5.C.a — Identify and compare physical characteristics of specific regions within the nation.
4.EG.5.F.a — Identify different regions in the United States and analyze how their characteristics affect people who live there.

Montana

SS.G.5.1 — identify and label US regions, territories, states and their capitals/major cities;
SS.E.1.2 — describe goods and products that are produced in local regions.
SS.G.3.3 — identify landforms and other physical characteristics of the Americas.
SS.CG.2.1 — explain the roles of people who help govern different communities including tribal communities; and

Nebraska

SS 3.3.1.d — Locate specific places on maps and globes.
SS 5.3.1.a — Use maps and atlases to locate major human and physical features in the United States.
SS 4.1.2.b — Investigate the meaning of state symbols, songs, and holidays.
SS 5.3.1 — Explore where (spatial) and why people, places, and environments are organized in the United States.
SS 1.3.2 — Explore places and regions.

New Hampshire

SS.GE.2.1.3 — Identify major physical and human features in the United States and on Earth, e.g., cities, oceans, or continents. (Themes: C: People, Places and Environment, G: Science, Technology, and Society)
SS.GE.2.2.1 — Explore the physical and human characteristics of place, e.g., roads, schools or mountains. (Themes: C: People, Places and Environment, E: Cultural Development, Interaction, and Change, G: Science, Technology, and Society)
SS.CV.2.3.1 — Explain that the world is divided into different countries. (Themes: A: Conflict and Cooperation, B: Civic Ideals, Practices, and Engagement, E: Cultural Development, Interaction, and Change)
SS.GE.4.2.1 — Describe the physical and human characteristics of places, e.g., land forms or where people live. (Themes: C: People, Places and Environment, E: Cultural Development, Interaction, and Change, G: Science, Technology, and Society)
SS.HI.4.4.2 — Explore the impact of important technological inventions, e.g., new forms of transportation or housing. (Themes: E: Cultural Development, Interaction, and Change, G: Science, Technology, and Society)

New Jersey

6.1.2.Geo.HE.3 — Identify cultural and environmental characteristics of different regions in New Jersey and the United States.
6.1.5.GeoPP.2 — Describe how landforms, climate and weather, and availability of resources have impacted where and how people live and work in different regions of New Jersey and the United States.
6.1.5.GeoSV.2 — Use maps to explain the impact of location and place on the relationships between places in New Jersey, the United States and other countries.
6.1.5.CivicsPI.5 — Explain how government functions at the local, county, and state level.
6.1.5.HistoryCC.9 — Evaluate the impact of ideas, inventions, and other contributions of prominent figures who lived New Jersey.

New Mexico

1.18 — Use a variety of maps to locate specific places and identify major landforms, bodies of water, and other places of significance around the United States.
2.20 — Using maps, identify and locate the United States, Canada, and Mexico as the countries that make up North America.
K.10 — Identify the local, state, and national symbols (e.g., flag, bird, song).

New York

2.5d — The location and place of physical features and man-made structures can be described using symbols and specific geography vocabulary.
K.6c — Places, physical features, and man-made structures can be located on a map or globe and described using specific geographic vocabulary.

North Carolina

K.G.1.1 — Use maps, globes, and/or digital representations to locate places in the classroom, school, community, and around the world.
1.G.1.1 — Use maps, globes, and/or digital representations to identify various types of landforms of places around the world.
K.G.1.2 — Identify physical features of places using maps, globes, and/or digital representations.
LS.K.1.2 — Use models to exemplify how animals use their body parts to obtain food and other resources, protect themselves, and move from place to place.

North Dakota

2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

Ohio

1.5 — Places are distinctive because of their physical characteristics (land forms and bodies of water) and human characteristics (structures built by people).
3.5 — Daily life is influenced by the agriculture, industry and natural resources in different communities.
4.9 — A map scale and cardinal and intermediate directions can be used to describe the relative location of physical and human characteristics of Ohio and the United States.
K.LS.2 — Living things have physical traits and behaviors, which influence their survival.

Oklahoma

4.2.2 — Identify major physical features in the United States and analyze how physical processes shape places. A. Identify and describe the physical characteristics of places, including the major landforms, bodies of water, vegetation and climates in the United States. B. Describe the location and characteristics of the major ecosystems in the United States.
4.2.5 — Identify and locate on a political map the fifty states and the United States capitol.
Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water, and air. (1.LS1.1)

Oregon

2.12 — Identify relative location of school and community in the state, nation and the world.
2.14 — Use and apply cardinal directions to locate and identify features on maps (such as oceans, cities, continents).
K.10 — Locate, identify and describe places of importance to self, family, school, and culture.

Pennsylvania

7.1.3.B — Identify and locate places and regions.
7.2.3.A — Identify the physical characteristics of places and regions.
7.3.3.E — Identify the human characteristics of places and regions by their political activities.

Rhode Island

SS3.2.2 — States in the Northeast Explain the states that make up the Northeastern region including their admittance to the United States and their identities
SS3.2.1 — Geography and environment of the Northeast Explain the geography and environment of the Northeastern region of the United States
SS3.2.4 — The Northeastern region today Argue how the geography and environment of the Northeastern region contributed to its social, cultural, and economic development
SS3.1.2 — United States geography and environment Explain the geography of the United States and its neighbors

South Carolina

2.G.1 — Identify the geographic location of the U. S. in relation to the rest of the world. This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the location of the U.S. on various maps and globes. This indicator promotes further inquiry into bordering nations and oceans.
3.1.3.PR — Identify the spatial hierarchy of political and physical geographic features. This indicator prompts students to inquire about spatial hierarchies (i.e. scale) to understand connections between Earth's systems. Political features include cities, states, and countries. Physical features include forests, mountains, oceans, and rivers.
2.G.3 — Explain how the distribution of human features, physical features, and natural resources within the U. S changes over time and impacts economic activity. This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into how rivers, lakes, mountains, and other land features affect economic activity. This indicator also prompts students to explore how different geographic areas support different activities in different times due the availability of resources.
3.2.2.ER — Identify and analyze the ways people interact with the physical environment in different regions of the state, the country, and the world.This indicator prompts students to inquire about a variety of geographic landforms, water bodies, and climate patterns around the world and how humans interact with them, including population distribution and settlement patterns.

South Dakota

4.G.1.1 — Locate major political and physical features of South Dakota and the United States on a map or globe
3.G.1.2 — Locate the seven continents, four oceans, and major physical features and regions of the United States on a map or globe
K.G.1.1 — Recognize that maps and globes represent places

Tennessee

3.09 — Identify and locate the fifty states of the U.S.
2.13 — Recognize that the U.S. is part of the North American continent, and identify the U.S land/water borders including: Canada, Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Gulf of Mexico.
2.18 — Analyze how the location of regions affects the way people live, including their: food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and recreation.
1.12 — Use cardinal directions on a map.

Texas

2.4B — locate places, including the local community, Texas, the United States, the state capital, the U.S. capital, and the bordering countries of Canada and Mexico on maps and globes.
5.22A — identify the accomplishments of notable individuals in the fields of science and technology such as Benjamin Franklin, Eli Whitney, John Deere, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, George Washington Carver, the Wright Brothers, and Neil Armstrong;
1.5A — identify and describe the physical characteristics of place such as landforms, bodies of water, Earth's resources, and weather; and
1.5B — identify and describe how geographic location influences the human characteristics of place such as shelter, clothing, food, and activities.
5.6C — locate on a map important political features such as the five largest cities by population in the United States and the 50 states; and

Utah

1.3.2.b — Locate physical features (i.e. continents, oceans, rivers, lakes), and man-made features (equator, North and South poles, countries) on a map and on a globe.
2.3 — Standard 3: Students will use geographic tools and skills to locate and describe places on earth.
1.3.1.d — Identify the United States on a variety of maps and on a globe.

Vermont

D2.Geo.3.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Use maps, globes, and other simple geographic models to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of places.
D2.Geo.6.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of specific places.
D2.Geo.3.3-5 — Individually and with others, students… Use maps of different scales to describe the locations of cultural and environmental characteristics.
D2.Civ.1.3-5 — Individually and with others, students… Distinguish the responsibilities and powers of government officials at various levels and branches of government and in different times and places.

Virginia

2.11.a — The student will apply history and social science skills to develop geographic mapping skills using world maps and globes by locating the countries of North America and the bordering oceans.
2.11.b — The student will apply history and social science skills to develop geographic mapping skills using world maps and globes by identifying major rivers, mountain ranges, lakes, and other physical features in the United States.
USI.1.c — The student will apply history and social science skills to understand the geography of North America by locating the 50 states.
Skill.2.b — The student will apply history and social science skills to the content by applying geographic skills to identify and understand geographic features and connections.

Washington

G1.3.2 — Investigate the physical, political, and cultural characteristics of places, regions, and people in North America, including the location of the fifty states within the regions of the United States.
G2.2.1 — Identify some common and unique cultural and environmental characteristics of specific places.
G1.2.2 — Use maps, globes, and other simple geographic models to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of places.
G1.3.1 — Examine and use maps and globes to understand the regions of North America in the past and present.
G3.K.1 — Describe how the things we use in our lives come from different locations.

Washington, D.C.

1.17 — Identify key political features of each region on a map, to include, local neighborhoods, wards, Washington, DC, the United States and North America.
K.20 — Explain the concept of relative location using directional words.
1.18 — Compare the features of a city, county, state, country and continent.

West Virginia

Use maps, graphs, photographs, and other representations to describe places.
SS.2.17 — Identify state symbols, celebrations, holidays, famous West Virginians and the governor of West Virginia.
SS.3.13 — Distinguish between a continent, country, state and capital.
SS.3.19 — Compare and contrast regions of the United States in regard to plant and animal life, landforms, climate and human interactions with the environment.
SS.3.9 — Sequence the path of a product from the raw material to the final product.

Wisconsin

SS.Geog1.b.1-2 — Identify physical and human characteristics of a place using maps, graphs, photographs, and other representations.
Animals sense and communicate information and respond to inputs with behaviors that help them grow and survive.
SS.PS1.a.K-1 — Describe symbols, songs, and traditions that identify our state and country. Assess the importance of rules and laws at home, in school, and in the community.
SS.Geog2.d.4-5 — Summarize positive and negative factors of cities. Identify the location and patterns of cities within our state and country.

Wyoming

SS2.5.1 — Spatial Use a map, globe, and mental mapping to identify familiar areas and simple patterns and create maps using various media. 2-ESS2-2
SS2.5.2 — Physical Place and Region Identify, describe, and use local physical and human characteristics to discuss the similarities and differences between parts of the community (e.g., neighborhoods, schools, towns, and reservation communities). RL.1.2, RL.2.3 RI.1.3, Rl.2.2, RI.2.10 W.K.2, W.K.7 W.1.1, W.1.7 W.2.1, W.2.7 SL.K.4, SL.1.4, SL.2.2
SS2.5.3 — Human Place and Movement Use the human features of a community to describe what makes that community unique (e.g., cultural, language, religion, food, clothing, political, economic, population, and types of jobs in an area) and why others move to or from that place. RL.1.2, RL.2.3 RI.1.3, Rl.2.2, RI.2.10 W.K.2, W.K.7 W.1.1, W.1.7 W.2.1 W.2.7 SL.K.4, SL.1.4, SL.2.2 K-2-ETS1-1
SS5.5.2 — Physical Place and Region Explain how physical features, patterns, and systems impact different regions and how these features may help us generalize and compare areas within the reservation, state, nation, or world. RL.3.2, RL.4.7, RL.4.9 RI.3.3, RI.4.3, RI.5.3 W.3.2, W.3.7, W.4.2.b W.5.2.b W.5.7 SL.3.4