Oregon
Home to Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the United States, formed inside the collapsed caldera of an ancient volcano.
Geography Standards
Oregon Department of Education — Social Science 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 1: Constructing simple maps using legends, keys, scale, and cardinal directions, and identifying a capital city as a state or nation's center of government.
- Grade 3: Distinguishing between physical, political, and thematic maps of Oregon and the United States, and using latitude and longitude to locate places and regions.
- Grade 4: Reading and constructing maps of the major U.S. regions with a scale and key, and locating states, capital cities, and other significant sites across the country.
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.
