Indiana Social Studies 2.G.2
The Standard
Locate the equator, the poles, continents, and hemispheres on a world map and on a globe; identify the local community, city, Indiana, the United States, and North America on a world map and on a globe.
2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use the equator and prime meridian to name a place’s hemispheres. They use the poles and continents as landmarks on a map and globe. They find their community and city, then show how those places fit within Indiana, the United States, and North America.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can label all seven continents, both poles, and the equator on a world map, then find them on a globe. They can name the four hemispheres. They can point to an approximate spot for their community and city on both and explain where Indiana fits.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students think the equator separates east from west or that the poles are whole hemispheres. Others confuse a continent with a country or expect their city to be labeled on every world map.
How to Assess It
- Give each student a blank world map and a globe. Ask them to point out the equator, poles, and continents on both, mark an approximate spot for home on the map, and name its community, city, state, country, continent, and hemispheres.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a globe, map, yarn, and sticky dots; have them mark the equator, poles, continents, and their city’s approximate spot on both.
Ask, “Why might your city be missing from a world map but North America is easy to find?” Have students write one reason.
Call out a continent or hemisphere; partners race to point to it on both a classroom globe and a printed world map.
Use your school address and a local map to name your community and city, then trace outward through Indiana, the United States, and North America.
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