{"id":510,"date":"2013-08-22T16:13:34","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T20:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mapofthemonth.com\/site\/?product=usa-places-and-geographic-features-map"},"modified":"2025-10-07T10:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:28:11","slug":"usa-places-and-geographic-features-map","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/products\/usa-places-and-geographic-features-map\/","title":{"rendered":"USA, Places and Geographic Features Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Why You&#8217;ll Love the USA Places and Geographic Features Map<\/h3>\n<p>Your students can <strong>learn state history and geography<\/strong> on our <strong><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 244, 79);\">#1 most popular map!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each map has <strong>loads of fun activities for students to gain a deep understanding of US geography,<\/strong> including locating, labeling and shading borders, bodies of water, states, capitals, cities, mountain ranges, deserts, forests, wetlands, and more!<\/p>\n<p>This map has so many creative uses, including a <a href=\"#tve-jump-1836b27a335\" jump-animation=\"smooth\" style=\"outline: none;\">spooky fun idea for Halloween<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"\">Map Features<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><strong>Generously sized <\/strong>&#8211; 16 inches x 20 inches, ideal for students to see details.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Outline map<\/strong> &#8211; perfect for shading &amp; labeling with colored pencils (highly recommended), crayons, or markers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Activities included <\/strong>&#8211; use with &#8220;on-map&#8221; activities or with your own lesson plan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Printed on sturdy paper and shipped flat<\/strong> &#8211; no folds, creases, or curly papers!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">From Blank to Beautiful<\/h3>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6780\" width=\"510\" data-init-width=\"998\" height=\"408\" data-init-height=\"800\" title=\"united-states-places-and-geographic-features\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/UNITED-STATES-OF-AMERICA_0-1.jpg\" data-link-wrap=\"true\" data-width=\"510\" data-height=\"408\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 998 \/ 800;\"><\/span><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6781\" width=\"510\" data-init-width=\"995\" height=\"410\" data-init-height=\"800\" title=\"usa-places-geographic-features-(1)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/usa-places-geographic-features-1.jpg\" data-link-wrap=\"true\" data-width=\"510\" data-height=\"410\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 995 \/ 800;\"><\/span>  <\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Why These Maps Work<\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"\"><span style=\"\">1<\/span><span style=\"\"><strong>Reinforces Neatness.<\/strong> Cartography is a great way to learn paper-to-pencil skills. For example, students may have to make a word fit into a small or odd-shaped space, while still maintaining legibility. Students learn and carry these presentation skills into their other school work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"\">2<\/span><span><strong>Encourage research skills.<\/strong> Students learn to use atlases, encyclopedias and other resources.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"\">3<\/span><span><strong>Cooperation through teamwork.<\/strong> Students can work in groups while using our maps, encouraging the all-important skill of cooperation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><span style=\"\">4<\/span><span style=\"\"><strong>More than geography.<\/strong> Our maps bring together geography and art skills, as well as providing a link to other disciplines such as math, literature and history. You can use our maps for a variety of topics and lessons. Be sure to check out our free map resources and CartoCraze membership.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><span style=\"\">5<\/span><span style=\"\"><strong>Fun to use.<\/strong> Students love to color and use their imaginations. Because our maps are fun to use, they make teaching and learning geography easier.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">A Fun Halloween Project Using This Map<\/h3>\n<p>There are so many ways to incorporate our USA map into your curriculum. Here is one really fun idea based on a previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/spooky-classroom-mapping-halloween\/\" style=\"outline: none;\">blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/h-ween-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"17620\" width=\"511\" data-init-width=\"3086\" height=\"367\" data-init-height=\"2221\" title=\"h-ween 1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/h-ween-1.jpg\" data-link-wrap=\"true\" data-width=\"511\" data-height=\"367\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 3086 \/ 2221;\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Spooky Classroom Mapping<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Have your students label the map with cities and towns that have Halloween-related names!They can learn more about the USA while having Halloween fun! It is fun decorate their special &#8220;Spook-City&#8221; map with holiday images!<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong>Fun Fact<\/strong>We learned that the US government does not use apostrophes in place names! So Deadmans Corner is punctuated properly, by the US Board on Geographic names! There are only five places in the USA that still allow the use of an apostrophe. 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