The full standard is available on the state website
for the Illinois State Board of Education,
Illinois Social Studies Standards
.
This web page provides some activities to help meet
some of the key ideas for the Geography objectives
SS.G.1.4. Construct and interpret maps of Illinois and the United States using various media.
Print out our free USA map.
It has multiple activiities to identify states. You may photocopy it freely to use in your class.
Use it as a coloring page -- have your students color in Illinois and each state where they have a relative.
SS.G.2.6-8.MdC. Compare and contrast the cultural and environmental characteristics of different places or regions.
Print out our free USA map.
It has multiple activiities to identify states. You may photocopy it freely to use in your class.
Use the labeled or unlabeled pages to have students color a heat map of the US
according to their population.
