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Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Geography

The full standard is available on the state website for the Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Curriculum and Instruction, Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.   This web page provides some activities to help meet some of the key ideas in Geography adopted in 2008. We only list the performance indicators for which we have helpful activities. See the standard for the full list of indicators.
  • Grade 2
  • Grade 3
  • Grade 5
  • Grade 7

Grade 2

Standards

Benchmark

Using maps and globes, locate the student's hometown, Florida, and North America, and locate the state capital and the national capital.

Activities

  • Suggest our iPhone and iPod Touch map game to your parents. They can find it on the AppStore by searching for "JigsawGeo".
  • Print out our free  USA map.  It has two pages (one with the state names, the other without).  You may photocopy it freely to use in your class.
    • Use it for a quiz (have your students find Florida and a few other states)
    • Use it as a coloring page -- have your students color in Florida and each state where they have a relative.

Grade 3

Standards

Benchmark SS.3.G.2.3

Label the states in each of the five regions of the United States.

Activities

  • Suggest our iPhone and iPod Touch map game to your parents. They can find it on the AppStore by searching for "JigsawGeo".
  • Print out our free  USA map.  It has two pages (one with the state names, the other without).  You may photocopy it freely to use in your class.
    • Use it for a quiz (have your students find Florida and label the states in each region)

Grade 5

Standards

Benchmark SS.5.G.1.6

Locate and identify states, capitals, and United States Territories on a map.

Activities

  • Suggest our iPhone and iPod Touch map game to your parents. The Easy level challenges them to place all 50 states in their correct positions in the lowest time. The Difficult level gives the name of the capital instead of the name of the state! Parents can find it on the AppStore by searching for "JigsawGeo".
  • Use our USA Fifty States Flash Cards to learn the name of each state along with its capital.
  • Print out our free  USA map.  It has two pages (one with the state names, the other without).  You may photocopy it freely to use in your class.
    • Hand out the labeled page as a study aid.
    • Use it for a quiz (have your students label each state properly).
    • Color in each state using color pencils to illustrate population or other characteristics (e.g., blue for low population through red for high population)

Grade 7

Standards

Benchmark SS.7.G.1.1

Locate the fifty states and their capital cities in addition to the nation's capital on a map.

Activities

  • Suggest our iPhone and iPod Touch map game to the parents of your students. The Easy level challenges them to place all 50 states in their correct positions in the lowest time. The Difficult level gives the name of the capital instead of the name of the state! Parents can find it on the AppStore by searching for "JigsawGeo".
  • Use our USA Fifty States Flash Cards to learn the name of each state along with its capital.
  • Print out our free  USA map.  It has two pages (one with the state names, the other without).  You may photocopy it freely to use in your class.
    • Hand out the labeled page as a study aid.
    • Use it for a quiz (have your students label each state properly).
    • Color in each state using color pencils to illustrate population or other characteristics (e.g., blue for low population through red for high population)







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