South Dakota
Home to Mount Rushmore, where the faces of four U.S. presidents are carved into a granite cliff in the Black Hills.
Geography Standards
South Dakota Department of Education — 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.
- Kindergarten: Locating North America, the United States, and South Dakota and its neighboring states on a map.
- Grade 2: Using cardinal directions to describe the location of one place on a map or globe relative to another.
- Grade 3: Locating all fifty states and the major regions of the United States on a map, along with South Dakota's own capital and largest cities.
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.
