Utah

Ages 5–11 · 15 minutes · Geography

Trek across Utah's gorgeous natural landscape

Utah is known for its mountains, arches, lakes and more. Learn about this state while exploring its memorable natural landscape.

No prior knowledge needed.

Part of

The 50 States

Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

D2.Geo.2.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Use maps, graphs, photographs, and other representations to describe places and the relationships and interactions that shape them.
D2.Geo.6.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of specific places.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
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.4.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Explain how weather, climate, and other environmental characteristics affect people’s lives in a place or region.

Alabama

SS10.2.10.1 — Comparing physical features of regions throughout the United States
SS10.5.13.2 — Locating on a map states, capitals, and important geographic features west of the Mississippi River
SS10.2.10.3 — Recognizing benefits of recreation and tourism at state and national parks (Alabama)
SS10.2.6 — Identify states, continents, oceans, and the equator using maps, globes, and technology.

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;
7 — understand that a region is a distinct area defined by one or more cultural or physical features; and
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.

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.G1.2 — Use maps, globes, and other simple geographic models to identify and explain cultural and environmental characteristics of places in the world based on stories shared. Arizona History and Social Science Standards modified 8/23/19 Page 19
5.G1.1 — Use and construct maps and graphs to represent changes in the United States. • Key concepts include but are not limited to physical and human features of the United States, the regions of the United States and their characteristics, geographic location of major events, the growth of the United States through territorial expansion, demographic changes, and the states and their capitals
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

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.1.1.2 — Describe the physical and human characteristics of a place including roads, buildings, and borders using maps, globes, and photographs.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.

California

Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
3.1.1 — Identify geographical features in their local region (e.g., deserts, mountains, valleys, hills, coastal areas, oceans, lakes).

Colorado

LS2.A — Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals depend on their surroundings to get what they need, including food, water, shelter and a favorable temperature. Animals depend on plants or other animals for food. They use their senses to find food and water, and they use their body parts to gather, catch, eat and chew the food. Plants depend on air, water, minerals (in the soil) and light to grow. Animals can move around, but plants cannot, and they often depend on animals for pollination or to move their seeds around. Different plants survive better in different settings because they have varied needs for water, minerals and sunlight.
SS.2.2.1 — Use geographic terms and tools to locate and describe spatial patterns and places.
SS.4.2.2 — Examine the relationship between the physical environment and its effect on human activity.
SS.5.2.1 — Use geographic tools and sources to research and answer questions about United States geography.

Connecticut

GEO 2.6 — Identify cultural and environmental characteristics of a place/region.
GEO 2.3 — Use geographic representations to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of place.
GEO 2.4 — Explain how the environment affects people’s lives.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water.

Delaware

G.2.K-3a — Students will distinguish different types of climate and landforms and explain why they occur. Grade 2
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
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
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.

Florida

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.
SS.3.G.3.1 — Describe the climate and vegetation in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
SS.5.G.1.6 — Locate and identify states, capitals, and United States Territories on a map.

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.
S3L1.c — Use evidence to construct an explanation of why some organisms can thrive in one habitat and not in another.
SS1G3.c — Identify and describe landforms (mountains, deserts, valleys, and coasts).
SS3G1.b — Locate major mountain ranges of the United States of America: Appalachian, Rocky.

Hawaii

SS.1.2.14.3 — Investigate cultural and environmental characteristics of your community
SS.2.3.13.4 — Describe major geographic features of places using maps, photos, and other geographic representations
There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.

Idaho

Living things need water, air, and resources from the land. They live in places that have the things they need. (K-ESS-2.1)
2.SS.2.1.1 — Identify landforms, bodies of water, and human made features such as cities and dams on a map and globe.
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.
5.SS.2.1.2 — Identify the regions of the United States and their resources.

Illinois

LS4.D-P1 — There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water.
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.
ESS3.A-P1 — Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
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.LS.2 — Develop a model mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. Explore how those external parts could solve a human problem.
3.ESS.1 — Obtain and combine information to determine seasonal weather patterns across the different regions of the United States.
5.G.4 — Use maps to describe the characteristics of climate regions of the United States.

Iowa

Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
SS.K.14. — Compare environmental characteristics in Iowa with other places.

Kansas

Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water.
Maps show where things are located. One can map the shapes and kinds of land and water in any area.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.

Kentucky

K.G.KGE.1 — Identify physical and environmental characteristics of communities.
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-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K.G.HE.1 — Identify ways humans interact with their environment.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

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.
K.19 — Identify basic landforms and bodies of water in a variety of visual representations, including mountains, hills, coasts, islands, lakes, and rivers.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.

Maine

3-ESS2-2 — Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

Maryland

recognizing how democratic symbols represent American values.

Massachusetts

1.T2.3 — Explain that a city that is called a capital is the center of government for a state or nation.
4.T4e.1 — On a political map of the United States, locate the states in the West and the U.S. territories in the Pacific Ocean; add to the timeline the admission dates for states in the Southwest (states listed alphabetically, Alaska-1959, California-1850, Colorado-1876, Hawaii-1959, Idaho-1890, Montana-1889, Nevada-1864, Oregon-1859, Utah-1896, Washington-1889, Wyoming-1890); territories: American Samoa, Guam, Midway Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, and Wake Island.
4.T1.1 — On a physical map of North America, use cardinal directions, map scales, key/legend (symbols for mountains, rivers, deserts, lakes, cities), and title to locate and identify important physical features (e.g., Mississippi and Rio Grande Rivers, Great Lakes, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Gulf of Mexico, Hudson’s Bay, Appalachian Mountains, Rocky Mountains, Sierra Madre, the Great Basin, Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts, the Yucatan Peninsula, the Caribbean Sea).

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

4.3.2.3.1 — 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.
0.1.2.2.1 — Describe symbols, songs and traditions that identify our nation and state. For example: American Flag, bald eagle, White House, Statue of Liberty, Pledge of Allegiance, Minnesota state flag.
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.2.4.1 — Evaluate and communicate findings from informational text or other media to describe how plants and animals use adaptations to survive (e.g., ducks use webbed feet to swim in lakes and ponds, cacti have waxy coatings and spines to grow in the desert) in distinct environments (e.g., polar lands, saltwater and freshwater, desert, rainforest, woodlands).
3.CI.2.3 — Recognize locations where government is practiced at the national, state, and local levels.
5.1.2 — Identify and locate the main mountain ranges, rivers, and other key bodies of water.
K.H.1.2 — Identify school, community, state, and national symbols.
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.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
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.3.3 — identify landforms and other physical characteristics of the Americas.
SS.G.5.1 — identify and label US regions, territories, states and their capitals/major cities;
K-LS1-1 — use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals, including humans, need to survive.
SS.G.K — The geography content standard for kindergarten is that each student will use maps, and other representations, to describe place characteristics.

Nebraska

SS 5.3.1.a — Use maps and atlases to locate major human and physical features in the United States.
SS 3.3.1.d — Locate specific places on maps and globes.
SS 5.3.2.b — Identify and classify regions and places within the United States using physical and human features.

Nevada

Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

New Hampshire

SS.GE.4.1.3 — Locate major physical and human features in the United States and on Earth, e.g., mountain ranges, principal parallels or meridians. (Themes: C: People, Places and Environment, G: Science, Technology, and Society)
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.GE.4.3.4 — Recognize the components and distribution of ecosystems, e.g., the location of certain plants and animals or the food chain. (Themes: C: People, Places and Environment)
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.2.2.2 — Recognize that areas of the Earth's surface share unifying geographic characteristics, e.g., towns, deserts or woodlands. (Themes: C: People, Places and Environment)

New Jersey

6.1.5.GeoPP.1 — Compare and contrast characteristics of regions in the United States based on culture, economics, and physical characteristics to understand the concept of regionalism.
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.GeoSV.4 — Use a variety of geographic representations to describe the similarities and differences between places in New Jersey, the United States and the world (e.g., maps, data visualizations, graphs, diagrams, aerial and other photographs, GPS).

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.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
K.10 — Identify the local, state, and national symbols (e.g., flag, bird, song).
5.27 — Using a map, identify and locate the 50 states in the United States and know the capitals of each state along with the surrounding U.S. territories.

New York

3 — Geography
E.3.1 — Geography can be divided into six essential elements which can be used to analyze important historic, geographic, economic, and environmental questions and issues. These six elements include: the world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical settings (including natural resources), human systems, environment and society, and the use of geography. (Adapted from The National Geography Standards, 1994: Geography for Life)
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K.7a — Climate, seasonal weather changes, and the physical features associated with the community and region all affect how people live.

North Carolina

3.G.1.2 — Explain how climate and physical characteristics affect the ways in which people live in a place or region.
1.G.1.1 — Use maps, globes, and/or digital representations to identify various types of landforms of places around the world.
5.G.1.1 — Explain the relationship between location, physical environment, and human activity in the United States.
K.G.1.2 — Identify physical features of places using maps, globes, and/or digital representations.
LS.4.1 — Understand the effects of environmental changes, adaptations, and behaviors that enable organisms to survive in changing habitats.

North Dakota

There are many kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water.
1-LS1-1 — Construct an evidence-based argument with the use of a drawing or a model that illustrates how structures of plants or animals help them survive in their habitat.
4-ESS2-2 — Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.
K-LS1-1 — Describe patterns, through observation, of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

Ohio

1.5 — Places are distinctive because of their physical characteristics (land forms and bodies of water) and human characteristics (structures built by people).
K.LS.2 — Living things have physical traits and behaviors, which influence their survival.
1.4 — Maps can be used to locate and identifyplaces.
1.LS.2 — Living things survive only in environments that meet their needs.

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.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. (K.ESS3.1)
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.
4.2.4 — Describe how physical processes of the Earth’s surface impact humans and their environment. A. Identify and describe the different climates in the United States using maps, globes, and graphs. B. Explain how climate and natural processes including floods, wind, and storms impact how we live.
4.2.5 — Identify and locate on a political map the fifty states and the United States capitol.

Oregon

2.12 — Identify relative location of school and community in the state, nation and the world.
K.ESS3.1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live. [Clarification Statement: Examples of relationships could include that deer eat buds and leaves, therefore, they usually live in forested areas; and, grasses need sunlight so they often grow in meadows. Plants, animals, and their surroundings make up a system.][assessment boundary: modeling is limited to describing the relationship and does not include patterns of structure and function to show how needs are met. impact on the environment is beyond the standard.]

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.B — Identify the human characteristics of places and regions by their cultural characteristics.
7.3.3.E — Identify the human characteristics of places and regions by their political activities.

Rhode Island

SS3.6.1 — Geography and environment of the West Explain the geography and environment of the Western region of the United States
SS3.6.2 — States and territories in the West Explain the states and territories that make up the Western region including their admittance or incorporation to the United States and their identities
SS3.6.4 — The Western region today Argue how the geography and environment of the Western region contributed to its social, cultural, and economic development
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.

South Carolina

2.G.2 — Describe and compare various landforms over time within the U.S. through the use of primary and secondary sources. This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into using historic images, maps, narratives, texts, or video, to investigate and compare different landforms around the U.S.
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.
3.2.3.ER — Identify spatial variations in climates around the world and recognize the relationship between climate and human activities. This indicator prompts students to inquire about how climate affects decision-making regarding such factors as food, clothing, and shelter around the world.
K-ESS3-1. — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans)and the places they live. Clarification Statement: Examples of relationships could include that deer eat buds and leaves; therefore, they usually live in forested areas, humans use soil and water to grow food, and grasses need sunlight so they often grow in meadows. Plants, animals, and their surroundings make up a system. State Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include specific habitats or biomes.

South Dakota

2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
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-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.

Tennessee

3.09 — Identify and locate the fifty states of the U.S.
3.11 — Identify major physical features of the U.S., including: • Rivers—Colorado, Mississippi, Ohio, Rio Grande • Mountains—Alaska Range, Appalachian, Rockies • Bodies of Water—Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico • Desert— Great Basin • Landforms—Grand Canyon, Great Plains
2.17 — Compare and contrast regions of the U.S. (i.e., Southeast, Northeast, Great Plains, Southwest, Rocky Mountain, and Pacific Northwest) in terms of climate, physical features, and population.
3.03 — Examine major physical features on globes and maps, including: • Basin • Desert • Ocean • Sea • Bay • Gulf • Peninsula • Strait • Canal • Island • Plain • Stream • Canyon • Isthmus • Plateau • Valley • Delta • Mountain • River

Texas

1.5A — identify and describe the physical characteristics of place such as landforms, bodies of water, Earth's resources, and weather; and
2.12A — describe how the physical characteristics of environments, including the amount of rainfall, support plants and animals within an ecosystem;
5.6B — describe regions in the United States based on physical characteristics such as landform, climate, and vegetation;
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
K.4B — identify how geographic location influences human characteristics of place such as shelter, clothing, food, and activities.

Utah

1.2.3.c — Identify Utah state symbols, documents, and landmarks.
1.2.2 — Construct an explanation by observing patterns of external features of living things that survive in different locations. Emphasize how plants and nonhuman animals, found in specific surroundings, share similar physical characteristics. Examples could include that plants living in dry areas are more likely to have thick outer coatings that hold in water, animals living in cold locations have longer and thicker fur, or most desert animals are awake at night. (LS1.A, LS1.D)
1.3.1.c — Identify Utah on a variety of maps and on a globe.
4.1.1.a — Identify Utah’s latitude, longitude, hemisphere, climate, natural resources, landforms, and regions using a variety of geographic tools.

Vermont

D2.Geo.6.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of specific places.
D2.Geo.2.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Use maps, graphs, photographs, and other representations to describe places and the relationships and interactions that shape them.
D2.Geo.4.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Explain how weather, climate, and other environmental characteristics affect people’s lives in a place or region.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water.

Virginia

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.
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.
USI.1.c — The student will apply history and social science skills to understand the geography of North America by locating the 50 states.

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.
G1.2.3 — Use maps, graphs, photographs and other representations to describe places and the relationships and interactions that shape them.
G1.3.1 — Examine and use maps and globes to understand the regions of North America in the past and present.
G2.K.1 — Explain how weather, climate, and other environmental characteristics affect people’s lives in a place or region.

Washington, D.C.

1.19 — Locate and explain physical features on maps.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
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.

West Virginia

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.
Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.
SS.3.13 — Distinguish between a continent, country, state and capital.
SS.4.8 — Describe and locate examples of the major physical features ofthe United States (e.g., bodies of water, mountains, rivers, grasslands, oases, etc.) using references and technology (e.g., atlas, globe, geographic information system, etc.).
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.

Wisconsin

SS.Geog1.b.1-2 — Identify physical and human characteristics of a place using maps, graphs, photographs, and other representations.
There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water.
SS.Geog4.a.4 — Describe how certain places may have meanings that distinguish them from other places (e.g., cemetery, places of worship, state or national parks, historical park, or battlefield). Compare and contrast the human characteristics of rural, suburban, urban, and tribal locations in Wisconsin and the United States. Identify and describe how people may view places in the community differently (e.g., students and senior citizens responding to a new playground).
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.
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.

Wyoming

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
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
SS5.5.2 — 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
SS2.1.2 — Identify the symbols and traditional practices, including those of Indigenous Tribes of Wyoming (e.g. Arapaho and Shoshone flags, songs, and pledges), that honor patriotism in the United States.