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Grade 2 Social Studies · World 1: Map Makers · Level 7
Georgia on the Map
Find Georgia in the southeastern United States, its neighbors, the Atlantic Ocean, and Atlanta.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 7
- Georgia is one of the 50 states in the United States of America. It's in the southeast part of the country.
- Georgia's neighbors: Tennessee and North Carolina to the north, South Carolina to the east, Florida to the south, and Alabama to the west. The Atlantic Ocean is on the southeast coast.
- Atlanta is Georgia's capital city. On maps, a capital is often shown with a star.
- Try it with a grown-up! Find Georgia on a map of the United States. Can you find your town, too? Which direction is it from Atlanta?
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:
- SS2G2.a — Identify specific locations significant to the life and times of each historic figure, and the Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee, on a political or physical map.
- MGS.1 — Map and Globe Skill 1: use a compass rose to identify cardinal directions