South Carolina
Fort Sumter, where the opening shots of the Civil War were fired in 1861, sits in Charleston Harbor.
Geography Standards
South Carolina Department of Education — Social Studies College- and Career-Ready 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: Identifying different types of maps and their features, such as titles, legends, and compass roses, and describing where South Carolina sits within the rest of the United States.
- Grade 2: Locating the United States on maps and globes in relation to the rest of the world, including its bordering countries and oceans.
- Grade 3: Using a coordinate grid and understanding how political features like cities, states, and countries relate at different 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.
