Florida SS.2.G.1

SS.2.G.1 is a Florida social studies standard. These are the benchmarks under it.

• SS.2.G.1.1

  Use different types of maps (political, physical, and thematic) to identify map elements.

• SS.2.G.1.2

  Using maps and globes, locate the student’s hometown, Florida, North America, and both the state and national capitals.

• SS.2.G.1.3

  Label on a map or globe the continents, oceans, Equator, Prime Meridian, North and South Poles.

• SS.2.G.1.4

  Use a map to locate the countries in North America (Canada, United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean Islands).

01

What Students Need to Do

Students read maps and globes using titles, symbols, keys, scale, and compass directions. They locate major land and water areas and describe where places are in relation to one another.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students can choose the right map for a question and explain how its features help. They can locate familiar places, continents, oceans, major reference lines, and cardinal directions accurately.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat maps and globes as interchangeable or confuse land with water. They often reverse east and west, mistake the Equator for the Prime Meridian, or think map symbols look like real objects.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a simple labeled map and ask them to circle the key, mark north, and write one sentence describing Florida's location.

1. 01

   Give pairs a globe, two maps, and sticky notes to mark Florida, North America, the Equator, and nearby oceans.

2. 02

   Ask students to write directions from the classroom door to the library using north, south, east, or west.

3. 03

   Play Compass Corners by labeling classroom walls north, south, east, and west, then calling directions for students to follow.

4. 04

   Use a local weather map to find the class location and describe where rain or cooler temperatures are moving.

• SS.5.G.1

  The 5th Grade version of this standard.

• SS.3.G.1

  The 3rd Grade version of this standard.

• SS.K.G.1

  The Kindergarten version of this standard.

• SS.1.G.1

  The 1st Grade version of this standard.