Virginia SOL 2.11

Social Studies2nd Grade

SOL Standard (Skills Cluster)

The student will apply history and social science skills to develop geographic mapping skills using world maps and globes by

Virginia Standards of Learning for History and Social Science

Cluster contents

2.11 is a Standards of Learning history and social science standard. These are the skills expectations under it.

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students locate the United States, Canada, and Mexico on maps and globes. They name the surrounding oceans and identify major U.S. rivers, mountain ranges, lakes, and other landforms.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students accurately label key places and physical features on an unlabeled map. They can tell whether each feature is a country, ocean, river, lake, or mountain range.
Common Misconceptions: Students may confuse countries with continents or label lakes as oceans. They may reverse the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans or treat mountain ranges as single mountains.
How to Assess It: Give students a blank North America map. Ask them to label the United States, Canada, Mexico, three bordering oceans, one major river, one lake, and one mountain range.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a laminated map, sticky labels, and blue yarn to mark countries, oceans, rivers, lakes, and mountain ranges.
Ask students to write directions for traveling from Canada to Mexico, naming the country crossed and nearby oceans.
Play Map Point Challenge, where students draw a feature card and point to its location on a wall map or globe.
Plan a pretend cross-country trip with three stops, including a river, a mountain range, and a lake students would see.

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