Kansas
Home to the exact geographic center of the contiguous United States, near the tiny town of Lebanon.
Geography Standards
Kansas State Department of Education — History, Government, and Social Studies Standards publishes the official standards; JigsawGeo's map games and printable materials line up well with the geography skills below. See the official standards for exact current wording and numbering.
- Grade 2: Making and using maps of familiar places, including practicing cardinal directions and basic cartography skills.
- Grade 4: Defining and comparing regions of the United States and Kansas by using maps and geographic tools to examine how their physical and human characteristics vary.
In the Classroom
- Play the United States map in JigsawGeo as a warm-up or center activity — Explorer level asks students to place each state by name, Navigator by capital.
- Print the resources below for a quick state-and-capital drill or a labeling quiz.
- JigsawGeo has no ads, accounts, or tracking, so it's safe to hand directly to students.
