North Dakota
Nicknamed the Peace Garden State, North Dakota is home to the International Peace Garden straddling the Canadian border, and produces more honey than any other state in the country.
Geography Standards
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction — Social Studies Content 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.
- Grades K-2: Constructing maps and other representations that use symbols, labels, and legends.
- Grades 3-5: Building maps of familiar and unfamiliar places while explaining how the regions of the United States take shape from shared physical and human characteristics.
- Grades 6-12: Explaining and using a variety of geographic tools, such as maps and globes, to study places at global, regional, and local scales.
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.
