2nd grade · Geography
What a 2nd grade student learns in Geography
Grade 2 geography centers on reading and creating maps/globes with standard elements, locating continents/oceans and major landforms, and explaining how physical features, climate, and resources shape urban, suburban, and rural communities.
The skills for the year
- 1Identify and use map elements (title, legend/key, compass rose, simple scale)
- 2Distinguish maps from globes and select the appropriate tool for a task
- 3Name and locate the seven continents and five oceans on maps and globes
- 4Apply cardinal and intermediate directions to describe absolute and relative location
- 5Locate own community, state, country, and continent on a variety of maps
- 6Identify major landforms (mountains, hills, plains, valleys, islands, peninsulas, deserts)
- 7Identify major bodies of water (rivers, lakes, oceans, gulfs, bays)
- 8Use simple alphanumeric grids to locate places on a map
- 9Compare characteristics of urban, suburban, and rural communities
- 10Describe how landforms, climate, and water sources influence where people live and work
- 11Identify common natural resources (soil, water, forests, minerals) and their everyday uses
- 12Explain ways people modify the physical environment (roads, farms, dams, buildings)
- 13Recognize basic climate differences across regions and seasons
- 14Create simple sketch maps of familiar places that include a title, symbols, and key
- 15Describe human-environment interactions in local and distant communities
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