Georgia Performance Standards for Social Studies - Geography

Grade Kindergarten

Standards

1. Differentiate land and water features on simple maps and globes.
2. Explain that maps and globes show a view from above.
3. Explain that maps and globes show features in a smaller size.

Activities

• Suggest our JigsawGeo iPhone 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.
• Use it as a coloring page -- have your students color in Georgia and each state where they have a relative.

Grade 1

Standards

1. Locate all of the continents: North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Antarctica, and Australia.
2. Locate the major oceans: Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian.
3. Identify and describe landforms (mountains, deserts, valleys, plains, plateaus, and coasts).

Activities

• Suggest our JigsawGeo iPhone 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.
• Use it for a quiz (have your students find Georgia and a few other states)
• Use it as a coloring page -- have your students color in Georgia and each state where they have a relative.

Grade 2

Standards

1. Locate all the geographic regions of Georgia: Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau.
2. Locate the major rivers: Ocmulgee, Oconee, Altamaha, Savannah, St. Mary’s, Chattahoochee, and Flint.

1. Identify specific locations significant to the life and times of each historic figure on a political map.
2. Describe how place (physical and human characteristics) had an impact on the lives of each historic figure.
3. Describe how each historic figure adapted to and was influenced by his/her environment.
4. Trace examples of travel and movement of these historic figures and their ideas across time.
5. Describe how the region in which these historic figures lived affected their lives and compare these regions to the region in which the students live.

Activities

• Suggest our JigsawGeo iPhone 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.
• Use it for a quiz (have your students find Georgia and a few other states)
• Use it as a coloring page -- have your students color in Georgia and each state where they have a relative.
• Label the blank map with the locations of Native American tribes.

Grade 3

Standards

1. Identify major rivers of the United States of America: Mississippi, Georgia, Rio Grande, Colorado, Hudson.
2. Identify major mountain ranges of the United States of America: Appalachian, Rocky.
3. Locate the Equator, Prime Meridian, and lines of latitude and longitude on a globe.
4. Locate Greece on a world map.

1. Identify on a political map specific locations significant to the life and times of these historical figures.
2. Describe how place (physical and human characteristics) had an impact on the lives of these historical figures.
3. Describe how each of these historical figures adapted to and was influenced by his/her environment.
4. Trace examples of travel and movement of these historical figures and their ideas across time.
5. Describe how the regions in which these historical figures lived affected their lives and had an impact on their cultural identification.

Activities

• Suggest our JigsawGeo iPhone 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". Besides the USA map, they can play the Europe or World map to learn the location of Greece.
• 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.
• Use it for a quiz (have your students find Georgia and a few other states)
• Use it as a coloring page -- have your students color in Georgia and each state where they have a relative.
• Hand out the labeled page as a study aid.
• Use it for a quiz (have your students label each state properly).

Grade 4

Standards

1. Locate major physical features of the United States; include the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the Great Plains, the Continental Divide, the Great Basin, Death Valley, the Gulf of Mexico, the St. Lawrence River, and the Great Lakes.
2. Locate major man-made features; include New York City, NY; Boston, MA; Philadelphia, PA; and the Erie Canal.

1. Explain why each of the Native American groups (SS4H1a) occupied the areas they did, with emphasis on why some developed permanent villages and others did not.
2. Describe how the early explorers (SS4H2a) adapted, or failed to adapt, to the various physical environments in which they traveled.
3. Explain how the physical geography of the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies helped determine economic activities practiced therein.
4. Explain how each force (American and British) attempted to use the physical geography of each battle site to its benefit (SS4H4c).
5. Describe physical barriers that hindered and physical gateways that benefited territorial expansion from 1801 to 1861 (SS4H6a).

Activities

• Suggest our JigsawGeo iPhone 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.
• Use it for a quiz (have your students find Georgia and a few other states)
• Have students color the states using a legend such as major industry types or a heat map such as population (they can use the State Population data from wikipedia)
• Hand out the labeled page as a study aid.
• Use it for a quiz (have your students label each state properly).
• Label the blank map with the locations of Native American tribes.

Grade 5

Standards

1. Locate important physical features; include the Grand Canyon, Salton Sea, Great Salt Lake, and Mojave Desert.
2. Locate important man-made places; include the Chisholm Trail; Pittsburgh, PA; Gettysburg, PA; Kitty Hawk, NC; Pearl Harbor, HI; and Montgomery, AL.

Activities

• Suggest our JigsawGeo iPhone 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.
• Use it for a quiz (have your students find Georgia and a few other states)
• Hand out the labeled page as a study aid.
• Use it for a quiz (have your students label each state properly).
• Have students color the states using a legend such as major industry types or a heat map such as population (they can use the State Population data from wikipedia)

Grade 6

Standards

1. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Amazon River, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre Mountains, and Atacama Desert.
2. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela.

1. Explain the major environmental concerns of Latin America regarding the issues of air pollution in Mexico City, Mexico, the destruction of the rain forest in Brazil, and oil-related pollution in Venezuela.

1. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Mexico and Venezuela affect where people live and how they trade.
2. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Brazil and Cuba affect where people live and how they trade.

1. Describe the results of blending of ethnic groups in Latin America and the Caribbean.
2. Explain why Latin America is a region based on the languages of Portuguese and Spanish.
3. Evaluate how the literacy rate affects the standard of living.

1. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, the Great Lakes, Canadian Shield, and Rocky Mountains.

1. Describe how Canada’s location, climate, and natural resources have affected where people live.
2. Describe how Canada’s location, climate, and natural resources impact trade.

1. Explain the major environmental concerns of Canada regarding acid rain and pollution of the Great Lakes, the extraction and use of natural resources on the Canadian Shield, and timber resources.

Activities

• Suggest our JigsawGeo iPhone map game to your parents. The Easy level challenges them to place all countries in their correct positions in the lowest time. The Difficult level gives the name of the capital instead of the name of the country! Parents can find it on the AppStore by searching for "JigsawGeo".
The North America map includes Canada, the Latin American countries of Central America, and the Caribbean nations. The South America map includes the remaining Latin American countries.

• Suggest our JigsawGeo iPhone map game to your parents. The Easy level challenges them to place all countries in their correct positions in the lowest time. The Difficult level gives the name of the capital instead of the name of the country! Parents can find it on the AppStore by searching for "JigsawGeo".
The Africa map fits the content standard and includes all the named countries above.