Virginia

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.

Alabama

• 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.
• SS10.2.10.1 — Comparing physical features of regions throughout the United States

Alaska

• 1 — know that places have distinctive geographic characteristics;
• 2 — understand the people and the political, geographic, economic, cultural, social, and environmental events that have shaped the history of the state, the United States, and the world;
• 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
• K.G1.2 — Explore locations in stories shared.

Arkansas

• 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.K.9 — Discuss products and traditions that connect people around the world (e.g., where products are made, celebrations, dance, art, food, toys).
• H.1.2.5 — Explain state and national historical symbols and landmarks and the people and events associated with them.
• 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

California

• 5.4.2 — Identify the major individuals and groups responsible for the founding of the various colonies and the reasons for their founding (e.g., John Smith, Virginia; Roger Williams, Rhode Island; William Penn, Pennsylvania; Lord Baltimore, Maryland; William Bradford, Plymouth; John Winthrop, Massachusetts).

Colorado

• SS.5.1.2 — Examine the historical eras, individuals, groups, ideas, and themes in North America from early Indigenous Peoples through the European Age of Exploration/post-Columbian colonization and the establishment of the United States Government.
• SS.1.4.2 — Identify and explain how the significance of notable people, places, holidays, and civic symbols reflect the origins and values of the government and its citizens.
• SS.2.2.1 — Use geographic terms and tools to locate and describe spatial patterns and places.
• SS.5.2.1 — Use geographic tools and sources to research and answer questions about United States geography.
• SS.3.1.2 — Identify how people in the past influence the development and interaction of different communities or regions.

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.
• HIST 3.2 — Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.

Delaware

• H.4.K-3b — Students will develop an awareness of major events and people in United States and Delaware history. • Who lives here and how did they get here? (immigrants, demographics, ethnic and religious groups) • Important people in our past • Different kinds of communities in Delaware and the United States
• 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
• 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

Florida

• SS.1.A.2.1 — Understand history tells the story of people and events of other times and places.
• SS.5.G.1.6 — Locate and identify states, capitals, and United States Territories on a map.
• SS.2.A.2.4 — Explore ways the daily life of people living in Colonial America changed over time.

Georgia

• SS3G1.b — Locate major mountain ranges of the United States of America: Appalachian, Rocky.
• SS1G3.c — Identify and describe landforms (mountains, deserts, valleys, and coasts).

Hawaii

• SS.1.3.17.1 — Investigate historically significant events, people, and observances in history
• 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

Idaho

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

Illinois

• SS.2.G.1 — With guidance and support, use print and digital maps, globes and other simple geographic models to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of places.
• SS.2.G.2 — With guidance and support, identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of your community and compare to other places or regions.
• 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.

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.H.4 — Locate the early Spanish, French, and British settlements on a map, and compare the origins, physical structure, and social structure of these settlements.

Iowa

• SS.K.14. — Compare environmental characteristics in Iowa with other places.
• SS.K.17. — Compare life in the past to life today.

Kansas

• Benchmark 2.4.1 — The student will recognize and evaluate continuity and change over time.
• Benchmark 3.3.1 — The student will recognize and evaluate how societies are shaped by the identities, beliefs, and practices of individuals and groups.
• Benchmark 4.5.1 — The student will recognize and evaluate dynamic relationships that impact lives in communities, states, and nations.

Kentucky

• K.G.KGE.1 — Identify physical and environmental characteristics of communities.
• 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.

Maine

• L.6.4.a — Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation).
• SL.3.K.a — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
• 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. *
• F2 — Identifying major historical eras, major enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences, and people in the history of Maine, the United States and various regions of the world. *

Massachusetts

• 4.T4b.1 — On a political map of the United States, locate the states and the national capital city in the Southeast, and the U.S. territories in the Caribbean; add to the timeline the admission dates for states in the Southeast (listed alphabetically: Alabama-1819, Arkansas-1836, Delaware-1787, Florida-1845, Georgia-1788, Kentucky-1792, Louisiana-1812, Maryland-1788, Mississippi-1817, North Carolina-1789, South Carolina-1788, Tennessee-1796, Virginia-1788, West Virginia-1863); territories Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.
• SL.3.2 — Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
• SL.3.3 — Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.

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.
• 5–U2.1.1 — Describe significant developments in the Southern colonies, including: • patterns of settlement and control, including the impact of geography (landforms and climate) on settlement. • the establishment of Jamestown. • the development of one-crop economies (plantation land use and growing season for rice in Carolinas and tobacco in Virginia). • interactions with Indigenous Peoples, including the trading of goods, services, and ideas among Europeans and Indigenous Peoples. • the development of colonial representative assemblies (House of Burgesses). • the development of slavery.

Minnesota

• 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.
• 5.3.2.3.1 — Locate and identify the physical and human characteristics of places in the North American colonies. For example: Physical characteristics—landforms (Appalachian Mountains), ecosystems (forest), bodies of water (Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay), soil, vegetation, weather and climate. Human characteristics—structures (Faneuil Hall), cities (Richmond, PhilaBenchmark#phia, New York City), 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.
• 5.9.4 — Explain historically significant people and events that shaped America (e.g., our first president, etc.).
• K.H.1.2 — Identify school, community, state, and national symbols.
• 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.
• 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.3.3 — identify landforms and other physical characteristics of the Americas.
• SS.H.2.1 — identify how people lived differently in the past than they do today;

Nebraska

• SS 5.3.1.a — Use maps and atlases to locate major human and physical features in the United States.
• SS 5.3.2.b — Identify and classify regions and places within the United States using physical and human features.
• SS 5.3.4.a — Compare and contrast patterns of culture within the United States over time and space.

Nevada

• SS.2.21 — Identify major national landmarks associated with historical events.
• SS.5.13 — Explore the development of colonial America and compare differences among the colonies.

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.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.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.HI.2.3.1 — Identify individuals and/or groups who have profoundly affected life in the United States, e.g., Abraham Lincoln, or Pilgrims. (Themes: H: Individualism, Equality and Authority, I: Patterns of Social and Political Interaction, J: Human Expression and Communication)

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.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.
• 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.
• K.10 — Identify the local, state, and national symbols (e.g., flag, bird, song).

New York

• E.1.2 — Important ideas, social and cultural values, beliefs, and traditions from New York State and United States history illustrate the connections and interactions of people and events across time and from a variety of perspectives.
• 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)
• 3 — Geography
• E.1.1 — The study of New York State and United States history requires an analysis of the development of American culture, its diversity and multicultural context, and the ways people are unified by many values, practices, and traditions.

North Carolina

• 2.G.1.1 — Recognize absolute and relative location of various settlements, territories, and states in the development of the American nation.
• 2.H.1 — Understand how various people and events have shaped America.
• 2.H.1.2 — Explain ways in which various historical events have shaped American history.
• 1.G.1.1 — Use maps, globes, and/or digital representations to identify various types of landforms of places around the world.

Ohio

• 1.5 — Places are distinctive because of their physical characteristics (land forms and bodies of water) and human characteristics (structures built by people).
• 5.3 — European exploration and colonization during the 1400s1600s had lasting effects which can be used to understand the Western Hemisphere today.
• 5.6 — Regions can be determined using data related to various criteria including landform, climate, population, and cultural and economic characteristics.

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.
• 4.3.2 — Examine the characteristics of culture, including the distribution and complexity of the regions of the United States. A. Identify the characteristics of culture (language, customs, beliefs, food, clothing, shelter) and compare the cultural characteristics of different regions of the United States. B. Explain how the characteristics of culture affect the ways in which people live.

Oregon

• 2.17 — Identify and describe community celebrations, landmarks, symbols from a variety of traditions and explain why they are significant to the cultural heritage of members of the community.

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.
• 8.3.3.B. — Identify and describe primary documents, material artifacts and historic sites important in United States history.

Rhode Island

• SS3.3.2 — States and territories in the Southeast Explain the states and territories that make up the Southeastern region including their admittance or incorporation to the United States and their identities
• SS3.3.1 — Geography and environment in the Southeast Explain the geography and environment in the Southeastern region of the United States
• SS3.3.4 — The Southeastern region today Argue how the geography and environment of the Southeastern region contributed to its social, cultural, and economic development
• SS3.3.3 — Peoples over time in the Southeast Analyze the ways diverse peoples have come to live in the Southeastern region of the United States over time

South Carolina

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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

• 4.G.1.1 — Locate major political and physical features of South Dakota and the United States on a map or globe
• 3.C.1.1 — Research and explain the meaning behind South Dakota’s symbols
• 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
• 3.H.1.1 — Demonstrate knowledge of the obstacles and successes of the early settlers and in creating communities

Tennessee

• 3.09 — Identify and locate the fifty states of the U.S.
• 3.24 — Explain the significance of the settlement of Jamestown and the role it played in the founding 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

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
• 5.1A — explain when, where, and why groups of people explored, colonized, and settled in the United States, including the search for religious freedom and economic gain; and

Utah

• 2.3 — Standard 3: Students will use geographic tools and skills to locate and describe places on earth.
• K.2.3.b — Recognize state and national symbols (e.g., state and national flags, bald eagle, seagull, Statue of Liberty).

Vermont

• D2.Geo.6.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of specific places.
• D2.Geo.3.3-5 — Individually and with others, students… Use maps of different scales to describe the locations of cultural and environmental characteristics.
• D2.Geo.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.His.2.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Compare life in the past to life today.

Virginia

• 1.3.c — The student will apply history and social science skills to describe the symbols and traditions that honor and foster patriotism in the United States by identifying the Virginia flag, state capitol building, the cardinal as the state bird, and the dogwood as the state flower.
• 1.4.a — The student will apply history and social science skills to understand Virginia’s history by identifying and describing important events and locations throughout the early history of the Commonwealth including, but not limited to Werowocomoco and the first English colony in North America at Jamestown.
• 1.6.c — The student will apply history and social science skills to develop geographic skills by locating Virginia, the United States, continents, and oceans on maps and globes.
• 1.7.a — The student will apply history and social science skills to connect geography to historic events of Virginia and the United States by identifying landforms and bodies of water of Virginia and describing how they affect the way people live.

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.
• G1.2.2 — 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.
• 4.27 — Explain the reasons for the establishment of Jamestown in 1607, and analyze the experiences of early life in the colony from the perspectives of Indigenous Nations and Europeans.

West Virginia

• SS.2.15 — Identify cultural contributions and differences made by people from the various regions in the United States using literature, documents and oral accounts.
• 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.
• 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.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.
• 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

• SS2.5.1 — Spatial Use a map, globe, and mental mapping to identify familiar areas and simple patterns and create maps using various media. 2-ESS2-2
• 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