Kentucky

Part of

• The 50 States

Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

• 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.

Alabama

• SS10.3.1.4 — Locating physical and cultural regions using labels, symbols, and legends on an Alabama or world map (Alabama)

Arizona

• 1.H4.1 — Explain and explore origins of key American symbols, documents, landmarks, holidays, and leaders as well as their importance from the past to the present in our country. • Symbols include but are not limited to American flag, bald eagle, Statue of Liberty, White House, Washington Monument, Mount Rushmore, Liberty Bell, United States Capitol, and Arizona state symbols • Holidays include but are not limited to Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Presidents Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Independence Day, Constitution Day, and Arizona Statehood Day • Leaders include but are not limited to local and/or Tribal leaders, state leaders, and national leaders
• 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
• K.SL.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
• K.SL.2 — Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.

Arkansas

• C.1.1.4 — Describe state and national symbols and patriotic songs: • American flag • Flag etiquette • Star Spangled Banner • Recitation of Pledge of Allegiance • “Arkansas” by Eva Ware Barnett • White-Tailed Deer • Milk • Square Dance • Diamond
• 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

• 2 — Students identify the human and physical characteristics of the places they are studying and explain how those features form the unique character of those places.
• 1.2.1 — Locate on maps and globes their local community, California, the United States, the seven continents, and the four oceans.

Colorado

• RWC20-GR.K-S.1-GLE.1-EO.b — Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
• RWC20-GR.K-S.1-GLE.2-EO.h — Use new vocabulary that is directly taught through reading, speaking, and listening.
• SS.5.2.1 — Use geographic tools and sources to research and answer questions about United States geography.
• RWC20-GR.K-S.1-GLE.2-EO.a — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
• SS.5.4.2 — Investigate the origins, structures, and functions of the United States government.

Connecticut

• GEO 2.6 — Identify cultural and environmental characteristics of a place/region.
• GEO 3.3 — Use maps of different scales to describe the locations of cultural and environmental characteristics.

Delaware

• G.1.4-5a — Students will demonstrate development of mental maps of Delaware and of the United States which include the relative location and characteristics of major physical features, political divisions, and human settlements. Grade 4

Florida

• SC.K.L.14.3 — Observe plants and animals, describe how they are alike and how they are different in the way they look and in the things they do.
• SS.5.G.1.6 — Locate and identify states, capitals, and United States Territories on a map.
• ELA.K12.EE.4.1 — Use appropriate collaborative techniques and active listening skills when engaging in discussions in a variety of situations.
• SS.K.CG.1.2 — Identify people who have the authority and power to make and enforce rules and laws.

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.2.3.13.4 — Describe major geographic features of places using maps, photos, and other geographic representations
• SS.3.2.6.5 — Explain the purpose of various government functions
• SS.3.3.13.1 — Analyze how geographical features affect human life in local communities and those around the world

Idaho

• 5.SS.2.1.2 — Identify the regions of the United States and their resources.
• 5.SS.2.1.4 — Name and locate the 50 States and their Capitals, and U.S. Territories.
• 3.SS.2.1.3 — Locate on a map waterways, landforms, cities, states, and national boundaries, using standard map symbols.

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.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)
• K.CC.3 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media. (E)

Iowa

• SS.K.14. — Compare environmental characteristics in Iowa with other places.
• Interpret Processes, Rules and Laws

Kansas

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

Kentucky

• 1.H.KH.2 — Identify Kentucky symbols, songs and traditions.
• 1.C.KGO.2 — Investigate how civic identity is shaped by symbolic figures, places and events.
• K.C.KGO.2 — Identify local and Kentucky state symbols and events.
• 1.C.CP.1 — Describe the purpose of Kentucky government.

Louisiana

• 1.26 — Differentiate between the town, parish, state, and country in which the student lives on a political map.

Maryland

• DCI.LS4.D.K-2.1 — There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water.

Massachusetts

• 4.T4b.1 — On a political map of the United States, locate the states and the national capital city in the Southeast, and the U.S. territories in the Caribbean; add to the timeline the admission dates for states in the Southeast (listed alphabetically: Alabama-1819, Arkansas-1836, Delaware-1787, Florida-1845, Georgia-1788, Kentucky-1792, Louisiana-1812, Maryland-1788, Mississippi-1817, North Carolina-1789, South Carolina-1788, Tennessee-1796, Virginia-1788, West Virginia-1863); territories Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.
• PreK.T2.2 — With prompting and support, explain what a map or another kind of representation of a place can show.

Michigan

• 4–G1.0.3 — Use geographic tools and technologies, stories, songs, and pictures to answer geographic questions about the United States.
• 4–G2.0.2 — Locate and describe human and physical characteristics of major U.S. regions and compare them to the Great Lakes region.
• 4–G2.0.1 — Describe ways in which the United States can be divided into different regions.

Minnesota

• 4.3.2.4.1 — Name and locate states and territories, major cities and state capitals in the United States.
• 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.
• 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

• 5.10.2 — Identify and label each of the 50 states on a map.
• 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).

Missouri

• 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.
• There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water.

Montana

• SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
• SS.G.5.1 — identify and label US regions, territories, states and their capitals/major cities;

Nebraska

• SS 3.3.1.d — Locate specific places on maps and globes.
• SS 4.1.2.b — Investigate the meaning of state symbols, songs, and holidays.
• SS 5.3.1.a — Use maps and atlases to locate major human and physical features in the United States.
• SS 5.3.2.b — Identify and classify regions and places within the United States using physical and human features.

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.GE.2.2.2 — Recognize that areas of the Earth's surface share unifying geographic characteristics, e.g., towns, deserts or woodlands. (Themes: C: People, Places and Environment)
• SS.GE.6.2.2 — Describe how places and regions preserve culture, e.g., songs or traditions. (Themes: E: Cultural Development, Interaction, and Change, J: Human Expression and Communication)

New Mexico

• 2.23 — Generate a description for their region of the United States by identifying unique features.
• K.10 — Identify the local, state, and national symbols (e.g., flag, bird, song).
• 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.

New York

• K.6b — Places and regions can be located on a map or globe, using geographic vocabulary.
• There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water.
• KL4 — Explore and use new vocabulary and multiple-meaning words and phrases in authentic experiences, including, but not limited to the following:

North Carolina

• K.B.1.1 — Identify cultural practices in local communities and around the world.
• K.G.1 — Apply simple geographic representations, tools, and terms to describe surroundings.
• K.G.1.1 — Use maps, globes, and/or digital representations to locate places in the classroom, school, community, and around the world.
• LS.K.2.1 — Analyze and interpret data to compare the characteristics of different types of the same animal to determine individual similarities and differences.

North Dakota

• 5.C.4 — Use grade-appropriate, conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases.

Ohio

• 1.4 — Maps can be used to locate and identifyplaces.
• 1.5 — Places are distinctive because of their physical characteristics (land forms and bodies of water) and human characteristics (structures built by people).
• K.6 — Models and maps represent real places.
• K.LS.2 — Living things have physical traits and behaviors, which influence their survival.

Oklahoma

• 4.2.3 — Explain how people create regions using common geographic characteristics. A. Identify and describe the major physical, cultural, and economic regions of the United States, comparing one’s own region to the other regions. B. Explain how and why regions change over time by comparing regions in the past with life in the same regions in the present.
• 4.2.5 — Identify and locate on a political map the fifty states and the United States capitol.
• When the environment changes in ways that affect a place's physical characteristics, temperature, or availability of resources, some organisms survive and reproduce, others move to new locations, yet others move into the transformed environment, and some die. (3.LS4.4)
• 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.

Oregon

• K.10 — Locate, identify and describe places of importance to self, family, school, and culture.
• K.9 — Identify, compare, and contrast pictures, maps, and globes.
• K.L.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
• K.SL.2 — Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
• K.SL.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

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

• SS3.1.3 — States and territories Explain what states and territories are and their locations within the United States
• SS3.3.4 — The Southeastern region today Argue how the geography and environment of the Southeastern region contributed to its social, cultural, and economic development
• SS3.3.1 — Geography and environment in the Southeast Explain the geography and environment in the Southeastern region of the United States

South Carolina

• 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.
• ELA.K.C.9.1 — Ask and answer questions in conversation on a topic.

Tennessee

• 3.09 — Identify and locate the fifty states of the U.S.
• SSP.06 — Develop geographic awareness by: • Identifying geographic symbols on maps and globes • Understanding relationships between people, places, and resources
• 1.01 — Describe the cultural aspects of a place, including a student’s community and state.
• 1.21 — Identify Tennessee symbols, including: state flag, state tree, state flower, state bird, state animal, and the significance of the state nickname.

Texas

• 2.11D — identify symbols such as state and national birds and flowers and Uncle Sam; and
• 2.1B — identify and explain the significance of various community, state, and national landmarks such as monuments and government buildings.
• 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.
• 2.9B — identify factors in the environment, including temperature and precipitation, that affect growth and behavior such as migration, hibernation, and dormancy of living things; and

Utah

• K.2.3.b — Recognize state and national symbols (e.g., state and national flags, bald eagle, seagull, Statue of Liberty).
• K.SL.1 — Participate in a range of conversations with peers and adults, using age-appropriate vocabulary on topics and texts.
• 2.3 — Standard 3: Students will use geographic tools and skills to locate and describe places on earth.

Vermont

• 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.
• 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.

Virginia

• USI.1.c — The student will apply history and social science skills to understand the geography of North America by locating the 50 states.
• 2.4.a — The student will apply history and social science skills to recognize state and national symbols including, but not limited to locating the Virginia and United States capitals and capitol buildings.
• K.3.b — The student will apply history and social science skills to define patriotism and explain how communities express patriotism by identifying national and state symbols including, but not limited to the bald eagle, the dogwood, and the cardinal.
• K.RV.1.A — Discuss meanings of words from a variety of texts and experiences.

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.
• G3.3.1 — Explain that learning about the geography of North America helps us understand cultures from around the world.

West Virginia

• SS.3.13 — Distinguish between a continent, country, state and capital.
• SS.5.17 — Compare and contrast the various regions of the United States; locate each of the fifty United States and correlate them with their regions.
• 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.

Wisconsin

• SS.Geog1.b.1-2 — Identify physical and human characteristics of a place using maps, graphs, photographs, and other representations.
• 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.PS3.c.1 — Compare basic political institutions (e.g., what a government is and how it differs at the city, state, tribal, country, and global level), and the roles they serve in their lives and in the lives of others (e.g., make laws, create order).
• There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water.

Wyoming

• SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
• 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
• SS5.2.2 — Describe, compare and contrast ways in which unique expressions of culture (e.g., tribal affiliation, language, spirituality, stories, folktales, music, art, and dance) influence people. 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 4-ESS1-1 FPA4.3.D.1-D4, 4.D.5 FPA8.1.A.1, 8.3.A.1-2 FPA8.2.D.1 – D.2 FPA8.2.T.3, 3.T.1, 4.T.5 FPA8.3.M.1 – M.3 FPA8.4.A.2 CV5.2.3