Idaho

Part of

• The 50 States

Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

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

Alabama

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

Alaska

• 1 — know that places have distinctive geographic characteristics;
• 5 — describe and demonstrate how places and regions serve as cultural symbols, such as the Statue of Liberty;
• SL.CC.1 — Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

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
• 1.G1.1 — Use, explore and construct maps, graphs and other geographical representations to support content focus. • Key concepts include but are not limited to physical features (rivers, lakes, mountains, landforms, desert) and human features (dams, cities, parks, hospitals, schools, railroad tracks, farms, factories, houses)
• 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.K.2 — Identify and describe the physical characteristics of a place such as rivers, mountains, and forests using maps, globes, and photographs.
• 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.1.1.2 — Describe the physical and human characteristics of a place including roads, buildings, and borders using maps, globes, and photographs.

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.

Colorado

• SS.1.2.1 — Use geographic terms and tools to describe places and spaces.
• SS.2.2.1 — Use geographic terms and tools to locate and describe spatial patterns and places.
• SS.1.2.2 — Describe the characteristics of a community and how they are influenced by the environment.
• SS.K.2.1 — Recognize that geographic tools represent places and spaces.

Connecticut

• GEO 2.6 — Identify cultural and environmental characteristics of a place/region.
• GEO 1.3 — Use maps, globes, and other simple geographic models to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of places.
• GEO 2.3 — Use geographic representations to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of place.
• 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
• G.1.K-3a — Students will understand the nature and uses of maps, globes, and other geo-graphics. Grade K and Grade 3
• 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

Florida

• 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

• SS3G1.b — Locate major mountain ranges of the United States of America: Appalachian, Rocky.

Hawaii

• SS.1.1.13.3 — Use maps and map features to describe places
• SS.2.3.13.4 — Describe major geographic features of places using maps, photos, and other geographic representations
• SS.K.3.13.3 — Examine physical characteristics on maps and globes using positional words
• SS.1.2.14.3 — Investigate cultural and environmental characteristics of your community

Idaho

• 3.SS.2.1.2 — Find the United States, Washington, D.C., Idaho, the state capital Boise, and your own community on a map.
• 4.SS.2.1.4 — Describe the physical regions of Idaho, and identify major natural resources.
• 4.SS.4.2.1 — Explain the significance of Idaho symbols and the unique tribal seal of each federally recognized tribe in Idaho.
• 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.1.G.1 — With guidance and support, construct and interpret print and digital maps and other cultural representations of familiar places.

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)

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

• 1.H.KH.2 — Identify Kentucky symbols, songs and traditions.
• K.C.KGO.2 — Identify local and Kentucky state symbols and events.
• L.1.5.c — Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their synonyms and antonyms.

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.
• 3.28 — Describe how the regions of the United States vary culturally and economically.

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. *
• SL.3.K.a — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Maryland

• identifying goods and ideas in their community that come from both near and far.
• applying cardinal directions on maps, globes, GPS, and Google Earth.

Massachusetts

• 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.

Michigan

• 4–G1.0.3 — Use geographic tools and technologies, stories, songs, and pictures to answer geographic questions about 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

• 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.
• 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.
• 0.3.2.3.1 — Identify the physical and human characteristics of places, including real and imagined places. For example: Physical characteristics—landforms (Rocky Mountains, Mount Everest), ecosystems (forest), bodies of water (Hudson Bay, Indian Ocean, Amazon River), soil, vegetation, weather and climate. Human characteristics—structures (Great Wall of China, Eiffel Tower), bridges (Golden Gate Bridge), canals (Erie Canal), cities, political boundaries, population distribution, settlement patterns, language, ethnicity, nationality, religious beliefs.

Mississippi

• 5.10.2 — Identify and label each of the 50 states on a map.
• K.H.1.2 — Identify school, community, state, and national symbols.
• 3.E.2.3 — Identify local resources and products exported from the local community and state.
• 6.5.1 — Describe the distinguishing physical and human characteristics of the United States and other countries.

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.
• 4.EG.5.C.a — Identify and compare physical characteristics of specific regions within the nation.
• 4.EG.5.C.b — Identify and compare diverse human geographic characteristics of the nation.

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;
• SS.G.K — The geography content standard for kindergarten is that each student will use maps, and other representations, to describe place characteristics.
• SS.E.1.2 — describe goods and products that are produced in local regions.

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 5.3.1 — Explore where (spatial) and why people, places, and environments are organized in the United States.

Nevada

• SS.2.22 — Examine how environmental characteristics shape the development of the nation.
• SS.2.25 — Identify how natural resources were used to produce goods and services in the past and present.

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.HI.2.1.1 — Identify national and New Hampshire celebrations, monuments, symbols and documents, e.g., flags, Fourth of July, Lincoln Memorial, Constitution. (Themes: A: Conflict and Cooperation, B: Civic Ideals, Practices, and Engagement, E: Cultural Development, Interaction, and Change)
• 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.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

• 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.
• 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.
• 5.7b — Peoples of the Western Hemisphere have engaged in a variety of economic activities to meet their needs and wants.

North Carolina

• 1.G.1.1 — Use maps, globes, and/or digital representations to identify various types of landforms of places around the world.
• K.G.1.1 — Use maps, globes, and/or digital representations to locate places in the classroom, school, community, and around the world.
• K.G.1.2 — Identify physical features of places using maps, globes, and/or digital representations.
• K.G.1.3 — Identify locations in the classroom, community, and around the world with positional words.

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.

Oklahoma

• 4.2.5 — Identify and locate on a political map the fifty states and the United States capitol.
• 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

• 2.12 — Identify relative location of school and community in the state, nation and the world.
• 6.14 — Identify and describe how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions connect to human identities and cultures in the Western Hemisphere.
• 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.D — Identify the human characteristics of places and regions by their economic activities.
• 7.4.3.A — Identify the impacts of physical systems on people.

Rhode Island

• 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
• SS3.6.1 — Geography and environment of the West Explain the geography and environment of the Western region of the United States
• 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
• SS3.1.3 — States and territories Explain what states and territories are and their locations within the United States

South Carolina

• 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.
• 3.1.3.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.
• 3.2.2.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.
• K.G.2 — Utilize sources of geographic information (e.g., digital sources, maps, or photographs/images) to define and identify cultural and/or natural features.This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into natural features, such as mountains, oceans, and rivers and cultural features, such as buildings, restaurants, roads, and stores.

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.
• 2.05 — Recognize major U.S. industries and their products, including: agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, transportation, etc.
• 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

Texas

• 2.11D — identify symbols such as state and national birds and flowers and Uncle Sam; and
• 1.4B — locate and explore the community, Texas, and the United States on maps and globes.
• 1.5A — identify and describe the physical characteristics of place such as landforms, bodies of water, Earth's resources, and weather; and
• K.4B — identify how geographic location influences 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.6.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of specific places.
• 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.3.3-5 — Individually and with others, students… Use maps of different scales to describe the locations of cultural and environmental characteristics.

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.
• 2.12.c — The student will apply history and social science skills to connect geography to landmarks and historic events including, but not limited to Yellowstone National Park.
• 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.
• 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.

• 1.19 — Locate and explain physical features on maps.
• K.27 — Identify products that we use in our daily lives, where they come from, and how they connect us to local and global communities.
• 1.23 — Describe how location, weather and physical environment affect the way people live, including the effects on their food, clothing, shelter, transportation and recreation.

West Virginia

• 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.3.13 — 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.

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.Geog5.b.2 — Identify natural resources (e.g., fertile soil, forests, mining) of a place and provide examples of how those resources are used.

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