Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CXXI - Bulletin 1964-Louisiana Content Standards, Benchmarks, and Grade Level Expectations for Social Studies
Chapter 7 - Grade 2-Life in Our Great Country, the United States of America
Section CXXI-709 - Geography
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Create and use maps and models with a key, scale, and compass with intermediate directions.
B. Describe geographic features and physical characteristics of places in the United States and the world, including mountains, hills, plains, deserts, coasts, islands, peninsulas, lakes, oceans, and rivers.
C. Identify and locate the four hemispheres, equator, and prime meridian.
D. Describe the relative location of the United States.
E. Compare and contrast basic land use and economic activities in urban, suburban, and rural environments.
F. Identify natural disasters such as blizzards, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods and explain their effects on people and the environment.
G. Explain how and why people, goods, and ideas move from place to place.
H. Describe how and why people from various cultures immigrate to the United States.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17.6, R.S. 17:24.4, and R.S. 17:154.
