Missouri

Missouri

Ages 5–11 · 11 minutes · Geography

Arch ya excited to learn all about Missouri?

Arch ya excited to learn all about Missouri? With over seven thousand caves, delicacies like gooey butter cake, and sports teams galore, Missouri has plenty to explore!

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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.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

  • SS10.5.13.2 — Locating on a map states, capitals, and important geographic features west of the Mississippi River
  • SS10.5.1.1 — Locating on a map states and capitals east of the Mississippi River

Alaska

  • 1 — know that places have distinctive geographic characteristics;
  • 1 — use maps and globes to locate places and regions;
  • 5 — describe and demonstrate how places and regions serve as cultural symbols, such as the Statue of Liberty;
  • 7 — understand that a region is a distinct area defined by one or more cultural or physical features; and

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

Arkansas

  • G.1.1.2 — Describe the physical and human characteristics of a place including roads, buildings, and borders using maps, globes, and photographs.
  • H.1.2.5 — Explain state and national historical symbols and landmarks and the people and events associated with them.

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.
  • 3 — Students use a variety of maps and documents to identify physical and cultural features of neighborhoods, cities, states, and countries and to explain the historical migration of people, expansion and disintegration of empires, and the growth of economic systems.
  • 4.4.1 — Understand the story and lasting influence of the Pony Express, Overland Mail Service, Western Union, and the building of the transcontinental railroad, including the contributions of Chinese workers to its construction.

Colorado

  • 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 3.2 — Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.
  • GEO 2.4 — Explain how the environment affects people’s lives.

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
  • 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
  • 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.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.5.G.1.6 — Locate and identify states, capitals, and United States Territories on a map.

Hawaii

  • SS.2.3.13.4 — Describe major geographic features of places using maps, photos, and other geographic representations
  • SS.1.1.13.3 — Use maps and map features to describe places
  • SS.3.3.13.1 — Analyze how geographical features affect human life in local communities and those around the world
  • Maps show where things are located. One can map the shapes and kinds of land and water in any area.

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.
  • K.SS.2.1.4 — Recognize a map of the United States of America and know it is the country in which we live.

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.
  • SS.K.G.1 — With guidance and support, explain how weather, climate and other environmental factors affect people's lives and cultural identities in our region.

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)
  • 3.G.2 — Label a map of the Midwest, identifying states, major rivers, lakes, and the Great Lakes. (E)
  • 5.G.4 — Use maps to describe the characteristics of climate regions of the United States.

Iowa

  • SS.K.14. — Compare environmental characteristics in Iowa with other places.

Kansas

  • 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.
  • Water’s movements—both on the land and underground—cause weathering and erosion, which change the land’s surface features and create underground formations.

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.
  • 3.6 — Identify and describe national historical figures, celebrations, and symbols. a. Describe the achievements of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Sitting Bull, George Washington Carver, Susan B. Anthony, Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, Theodore Roosevelt, the Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Alexander Graham Bell, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson, Sally Ride, Katherine Johnson, and Mae Jemison. b. Describe the significance of state and nationally designated holidays, including New Year’s Day, the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inauguration Day, Washington’s Birthday, Mardi Gras, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day. c. Describe the history of American symbols, including the Liberty Bell, U.S. flag (etiquette, customs pertaining to the display and use of the flag), bald eagle, national anthem, Uncle Sam, Statue of Liberty, The Pledge of Allegiance, and the national motto “In God We Trust.” d. Identify and describe man-made American monuments and landmarks including the Gateway Arch, the Golden Gate Bridge, Jefferson Memorial, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C, Lincoln Memorial, Mount Rushmore, Pearl Harbor Museum, September 11 Memorial and Museum, Statue of liberty, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, U.S. Capitol, Washington Monument, and the White House. e. Identify and describe natural American landmarks, including the Grand Canyon, Mississippi River, Monument Valley, Niagara Falls, Rocky Mountains, Smoky Mountains, and Yellowstone National Park.

Maine

  • F2 — Identifying the major regions of the Earth and their major physical features and political boundaries using a variety of geographic tools including digital tools and resources. *

Massachusetts

  • 4.T4c.1 — On a political map of the United States, locate the states in the Midwest; add to the timeline the admission dates for states in the Midwest (listed alphabetically: Illinois-1818, Indiana-1816, Iowa-1846, Kansas-1861, Michigan-1838, Minnesota-1858, Missouri-1821, Nebraska-1867, North Dakota-1889, Ohio-1803, South Dakota-1889, Wisconsin-1848).

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–G1.0.1 — Identify questions geographers ask in examining the United States.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.”

Mississippi

  • 5.10.2 — Identify and label each of the 50 states on a map.
  • E.3.7B.3 — Develop and use models of weathering, erosion, and deposition processes which explain the appearance of various Earth features (e.g., the Grand Canyon, Arches National Park in Utah, Plymouth Bluff in Columbus, or Red Bluff in Marion County, Mississippi).

Missouri

  • 3.EG.5.B.a — Name and locate major cities, rivers, regions, and states which border Missouri.
  • 3.EG.5.C.a — Identify and compare physical geographic characteristics of Missouri.
  • 3.EG.5.C.b — Describe human geographic characteristics of Missouri
  • 3.PC.1.F.b — Recognize and explain the significance of the Gateway Arch and the Great Seal of Missouri and other symbols of our state.

Montana

  • SS.G.5.1 — identify and label US regions, territories, states and their capitals/major cities;
  • SS.G.2.1 — use the basic components of a map to identify physical and political features, including American Indian reservations; 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 5.3.1 — Explore where (spatial) and why people, places, and environments are organized in the United States.

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.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.4.3.2 — Demonstrate how physical processes shape features of Earth's surface, e.g., weather or tectonic forces. (Themes: C: People, Places and Environment)
  • 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

  • 6.1.2.Geo.HE.3 — Identify cultural and environmental characteristics of different regions in 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.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.

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.
  • 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

  • 5.4c — The physical environment influences human population distribution, land use, and other forms of economic activity.
  • 5.4 — Geography in the Western Hemisphere

North Carolina

  • 2.G.1.1 — Recognize absolute and relative location of various settlements, territories, and states in the development of the American nation.
  • K.G.1.3 — Identify locations in the classroom, community, and around the world with positional words.
  • 5.G.1 — Understand the ways in which geographic factors and features have influenced development of the United States.

North Dakota

  • 5.R.1 — Comprehend information during and after listening to a grade-level text.
  • 5.C.6 — Engage in a range of discussions using active listening skills, posing and responding to specific questions to clarify information.

Ohio

  • 1.5 — Places are distinctive because of their physical characteristics (land forms and bodies of water) and human characteristics (structures built by people).
  • 5.6 — Regions can be determined using data related to various criteria including landform, climate, population, and cultural and economic characteristics.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Oregon

  • 5.9 — Use geographical tools (maps, satellite images, photographs, Google Earth, and other representations) to investigate and compare how areas in the United States can be divided in multiple ways.
  • 2.12 — Identify relative location of school and community in the state, nation and the world.

Pennsylvania

  • 7.1.3.B — Identify and locate places and regions.
  • 3.4.K-2.C — Explain ways that places differ in their physical characteristics, their meaning, and their value and/or importance.
  • Water’s movements—both on the land and underground—cause weathering and erosion, which change the land’s surface features and create underground formations.
  • 7.3.3.E — Identify the human characteristics of places and regions by their political activities.

Rhode Island

  • SS3.4.1 — Geography and environment of the Midwest Explain the geography and environment of the Midwestern region of the United States
  • SS3.4.2 — States in the Midwest Explain the states that make up the Midwestern region including their admittance to the United States and their identities
  • SS3.4.4 — The Midwestern region today Argue how the geography and environment of the Midwestern region contributed to its social, cultural, and economic development
  • SS3.1.3 — States and territories Explain what states and territories are and their locations within the United States

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.
  • 3.4.1.PR — Investigate the cultural characteristics of places and regions around the world.This indicator prompts students to inquire about how geography influences cultural characteristics around the world. Culture may be expressed by architecture, arts and literature, clothing, cuisine, language, and religion, among other items.
  • 2.H.1 — Identify and compare significant historical events, moments, and symbols in U.S. history. This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into historical events, including figures, symbols, and observances, that have been important to the U.S. over time as well as how they impact us.

South Dakota

  • 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
  • 4.G.1.1 — Locate major political and physical features of South Dakota and 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.
  • 2.18 — Analyze how the location of regions affects the way people live, including their: food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and recreation.
  • 3.04 — Examine major political features on globes and maps, including: boundaries, cities, highways, railroads, and roads.

Texas

  • 1.5A — identify and describe the physical characteristics of place such as landforms, bodies of water, Earth's resources, and weather; and
  • 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
  • 1.5B — identify and describe how geographic location influences the human characteristics of place such as shelter, clothing, food, and activities.

Utah

  • 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.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.
  • D2.Geo.3.3-5 — Individually and with others, students… Use maps of different scales to describe the locations of cultural and environmental characteristics.

Virginia

  • 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.
  • Skill.2.f — The student will apply history and social science skills to the content by recognizing cause-and-effect relationships.
  • 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.c — The student will apply history and social science skills to the content by demonstrating curiosity and critical thinking through questioning and drawing conclusions.

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.
  • G1.3.1 — Examine and use maps and globes to understand the regions of North America in the past and present.
  • 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.

Washington, D.C.

  • 2.4 — Identify and locate the seven continents and five oceans using maps, and describe major geographic features around the world.
  • 3.5 — Compare the physical, economic and demographic features of the District of Columbia to America’s 50 states and territories, including size and population.

West Virginia

  • SS.2.19 — Locate county seats, the state's capital city, and bordering states on a map.
  • 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.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.).

Wisconsin

  • SS.Geog1 — Wisconsin students will use geographic tools and ways of thinking to analyze the world
  • SS.Geog2.d.4-5 — Summarize positive and negative factors of cities. Identify the location and patterns of cities within our state and country.
  • 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.

Wyoming

  • 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
  • SS2.5.1 — Spatial Use a map, globe, and mental mapping to identify familiar areas and simple patterns and create maps using various media. 2-ESS2-2
  • SS5.5.1 — Spatial Apply mental mapping skills and use different representations of the Earth to demonstrate an understanding of human and physical patterns and how local decisions may create global impacts.
  • SS5.5.3 — Human Place and Movement Describe the human features of an area (e.g., language, religion, political and economic systems, population distribution, and quality of life), past and present settlement patterns (e.g., Indigenous Tribes of Wyoming and the Oregon Trail), and how ideas, goods, and/or people move from one area to another. Benchmark_Component Sub-Item :SS5.5.3.a.i Human Place and Movement Describe how cultural values of the Indigenous Tribes of Wyoming influence the importance and preservation of place and sacred sites (e.g., Devils Tower/Bear Lodge, Hot Springs State Park, Vedauwoo, Crowheart Butte, Bighorn Medicine Wheel, Estes Park, Yellowstone, Heart Mountain, and Wind River Mountains). Benchmark_Component Sub-Item :SS5.5.3.a.ii Human Place and Movement Describe and identify a variety of place names and their connection to Indigenous Tribes of Wyoming. RL.3.2, RL.4.7, RL.4.9 RI.3.3, RI.4.3, RI.5.3 W.3.2, 3.7, 4.2.b, W.5.2.b, 5.7 SL.3.4