Oklahoma

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

Alabama

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

Alaska

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

Arizona

• 2.G1.1 — Use and construct maps, graphs, and other geographic representations of familiar and unfamiliar places in the world; and locate physical and human features. • Key physical features include but are not limited to seven continents, oceans, lakes, rivers, mountain ranges, coasts, seas, and deserts • Key human features include but are not limited to equator, hemispheres, North and South Pole, cities, states, countries, regions, and landmarks
• 2.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.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)

Arkansas

• G.1.2.2 — Describe the physical and human characteristics of a place using geographic tools such as maps, globes, and charts.
• G.1.K.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.
• G.1.3.5 — Investigate the cultural characteristics of various places and regions from around the world.

California

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

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.
• RWC20-GR.1-S.1-GLE.2-EO.a — Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
• 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 3.3 — Use maps of different scales to describe the locations of cultural and environmental characteristics.
• GEO.K.3 — Use maps, globes, and other simple geographic models to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of places.
• GEO 2.2 — Use geographic representations to describe places and interactions that shape them.

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
• 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.3.G.2.4 — Describe the physical features of 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.
• SS.3.G.3.1 — Describe the climate and vegetation in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Georgia

• SS1G3.c — Identify and describe landforms (mountains, deserts, valleys, and coasts).
• SS4G1.a — Locate major physical features of the United States: the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the Great Plains, the Continental Divide, the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River, and the Great Lakes.

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.1.2.14.4 — Describe the ways climate, weather, and natural disasters affect your community

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.

Illinois

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

Indiana

• 5.G.2 — Use maps and globes to locate states, capitals, major cities, major rivers, the Great Lakes, and mountain ranges in the United States. (E)
• 5.G.4 — Use maps to describe the characteristics of climate regions of the United States.

Iowa

• SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
• SS.K.14. — Compare environmental characteristics in Iowa with other places.

Kansas

• Benchmark 3.3.1 — The student will recognize and evaluate how societies are shaped by the identities, beliefs, and practices of individuals and groups.

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.

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.
• 2.25 — Identify natural disasters such as blizzards, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods and explain their effects on people and the environment.

Maine

• SL.3.K.a — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
• R.4.K.a — Ask and answer questions with prompting and support about who, what, when, where, and how.

Massachusetts

• 4.T4d.1 — On a political map of the United States, locate the states in the Southwest; add to the timeline the admission dates for states in the Southwest (listed alphabetically, Arizona-1912, New Mexico-1912, Oklahoma-1907, and Texas-1845).
• 4.T4c.3 — Explain how natural disasters, such as tornadoes and drought, have affected the region, and how government and citizens have responded to catastrophic natural events.
• SL.4.1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Michigan

• 4–G2.0.2 — Locate and describe human and physical characteristics of major U.S. regions and compare them to the Great Lakes region.

Minnesota

• 4.3.2.3.1 — Locate and identify the physical and human characteristics of places in the United States, and also Canada or Mexico. For example: Physical characteristics—landforms (Rocky Mountains), ecosystems (forest), bodies of water (Mississippi River, Hudson Bay), soil, vegetation, weather and climate. Human characteristics— structures (Statue of Liberty), bridges (Golden Gate Bridge), canals (Erie Canal), cities, political boundaries, population distribution, settlement patterns, language, ethnicity, nationality, religious beliefs.
• 4.3.2.4.1 — Name and locate states and territories, major cities and state capitals in the United States.
• 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.
• 5.9.2 — Identify school, community, state, and national symbols (e.g., United States flag, American eagle, etc.).
• 6.5.1 — Describe the distinguishing physical and human characteristics of the United States and other countries.
• K.H.1.2 — Identify school, community, state, and national symbols.

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.
• 5.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.

Montana

• 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.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 4.1.2.b — Investigate the meaning of state symbols, songs, and holidays.

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.4.2.1 — 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.4.2.3 — Generalize the concept of region as an area of Earth's surface with unifying geographic characteristics, e.g., neighborhoods or climate regions. (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.SV.1 — Use maps to identify physical features (e.g., continents, oceans, rivers, lakes, mountains).
• 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.

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.
• 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.
• 5.25 — Demonstrate how the states are organized, including time zones and the regions of the United States.

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)

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 — Apply simple geographic representations, tools, and terms to describe surroundings.

North Dakota

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

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.

Oklahoma

• 3.2.1 — Examine Oklahoma’s political and physical features. A. Identify the state of Oklahoma using relative location, absolute location (latitude and longitude), direction, scale, size, and shape using physical and political maps. B. Interpret thematic maps of Oklahoma with the essential map elements of title, legend, scale, and directional indicators. C. Identify Oklahoma’s major landforms and bodies of water on a physical map. D. Identify Oklahoma’s major metropolitan centers and cities on a political map. E. Describe the climate and various natural vegetation zones found in Oklahoma. F. Identify the six states bordering Oklahoma on a map.
• K.2.3 — Identify the shape of the state of Oklahoma on a map.
• 3.2.2 — Examine the interaction of the environment and the peoples of Oklahoma. A. Describe how early American Indians used Oklahoma’s natural resources, such as bison hunting, fur trading, and farming. B. Describe how pioneers to Oklahoma adapted to and modified their environment, such as sod houses, windmills, and crops. C. Summarize how the weather and the environment have impacted the economy of Oklahoma in events such as the Dust Bowl, floods, and tornadoes. D. Summarize how Oklahomans affect and change their environments such as the construction of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, creation of recreational lakes by the building of dams, irrigation of croplands, and the establishment of wildlife refuges.

Oregon

• 1.11 — Identify, affirm, respect, and explain the diverse cultural heritage, songs, symbols, and celebrations of my community and the diverse social and ethnic groups in Oregon and the United States of America.
• 2.12 — Identify relative location of school and community in the state, nation and the world.
• 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.
• 7.2.3.B — Identify the basic physical processes that affect the physical characteristics of places and regions.
• 7.3.3.B — Identify the human characteristics of places and regions by their cultural characteristics.

Rhode Island

• SS3.1.3 — States and territories Explain what states and territories are and their locations within the United States
• SS3.5.1 — Geography and environment of the Southwest Explain the geography and environment of the Southwestern region of the United States
• SS3.5.2 — States in the Southwest Explain the states that make up the Southwestern region including their admittance to the United States and their identities
• SS3.5.4 — The Southwestern region today Argue how the geography and environment of the Southwestern region contributed to its social, cultural, and economic development

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.
• 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.
• 2.17 — 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.
• 2.16 — Compare physical features of the earth, including: • Island • Ocean • Plateau • Lake • Peninsula • River • Mountain • Plain • Valley

Texas

• 1.5A — identify and describe the physical characteristics of place such as landforms, bodies of water, Earth's resources, and weather; and
• 2.11D — identify symbols such as state and national birds and flowers and Uncle Sam; and
• 1.5B — identify and describe how geographic location influences the human characteristics of place such as shelter, clothing, food, and activities.
• 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

Utah

• 2.2.3.b — Identify community and state symbols, documents and landmarks (e.g., city hall, county courthouse, state capitol, Utah State Constitution, flag, holidays).
• 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.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.3.3-5 — 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.
• USI.1.c — The student will apply history and social science skills to understand the geography of North America by locating the 50 states.
• Skill.2.b — The student will apply history and social science skills to the content by applying geographic skills to identify and understand geographic features and connections.

Washington

• G1.3.2 — Investigate the physical, political, and cultural characteristics of places, regions, and people in North America, including the location of the fifty states within the regions of the United States.
• G2.2.1 — Identify some common and unique cultural and environmental characteristics of specific places.
• G1.3.1 — Examine and use maps and globes to understand the regions of North America in the past and present.

Washington, D.C.

• 1.19 — Locate and explain physical features on maps.
• 1.18 — Compare the features of a city, county, state, country and continent.

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.
• 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.
• Use maps, globes, and other simple geographic models to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of places.
• 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.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.Geog1.c.4-5 — Create and label a map (paper or digital) of the local community, state, tribal lands, and country, including both physical (e.g., oceans and continents) and human (e.g., roads, buildings) characteristics. Identify and construct regions (digital or paper) in Wisconsin and the United States.

Wyoming

• SS2.5.3 — Human Place and Movement Use the human features of a community to describe what makes that community unique (e.g., cultural, language, religion, food, clothing, political, economic, population, and types of jobs in an area) and why others move to or from that place. RL.1.2, RL.2.3 RI.1.3, Rl.2.2, RI.2.10 W.K.2, W.K.7 W.1.1, W.1.7 W.2.1 W.2.7 SL.K.4, SL.1.4, SL.2.2 K-2-ETS1-1
• SS5.5.2 — Physical Place and Region Explain how physical features, patterns, and systems impact different regions and how these features may help us generalize and compare areas within the reservation, state, nation, or world. RL.3.2, RL.4.7, RL.4.9 RI.3.3, RI.4.3, RI.5.3 W.3.2, W.3.7, W.4.2.b W.5.2.b W.5.7 SL.3.4
• 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
• 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