Washington
The only U.S. state named directly after a president, and home to Mount Rainier, one of the tallest volcanoes in the contiguous United States.
Geography Standards
Washington OSPI — Social Studies K-12 Learning 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 large continents and major bodies of water on a map or globe.
- Grade 3: Locating the fifty states within the regions of the United States on maps of North America.
- Grade 6: Constructing and analyzing maps using scale, direction, symbols, legends, and projections.
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.
