Florida SS.7.G.1.2

Social Studies7th GradeUnderstand how to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technology to report information.

The Standard

Locate on a world map the territories and protectorates of the United States of America.

Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students locate and label U.S. territories on a world map, including Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. They use continents, oceans, and nearby countries to describe each location.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students place each territory in the correct region without relying on a completed map. They can describe locations with accurate relative terms, such as east of the Philippines or in the Caribbean Sea.
Common Misconceptions: Students often place all territories near the continental United States or confuse Caribbean and Pacific locations. They may also mistake independent freely associated states, such as Palau, for U.S. territories.
How to Assess It: Give students a blank world map and ask them to label the five inhabited U.S. territories. Then have them write one accurate location clue for any two.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a blank world map and territory cards, then have them place and tape each card in the correct location.
Ask students to write two location clues for one territory using oceans, continents, nearby countries, or compass directions.
Play Territory Relay, where teams match territory names, regional maps, and location clues before checking their completed sets.
Use airline route maps to compare travel from Florida to Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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