North America Fact File

2nd Grade Social StudiesGeography3 pages

About this worksheet

Our home continent gets its own fact file in this 2nd grade geography sheet. Students take five facts from a fact bank (North America, 23, Pacific Ocean, Grand Canyon, bald eagle) and write each in a Key Facts table. They also draw a favorite North American animal, add one surprising fact of their own, and write two sentences on what makes the continent special. It supports C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.6.K-2 over three pages, and the answer key also accepts the Atlantic or Arctic Ocean.

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North America Fact File: Geography - page 1

North America Fact File: Geography - page 2

North America Fact File: Geography - page 3

Curriculum objectives covered

D2.Geo.6.K-2

“Identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of specific places.”

The Key Facts table and the Did You Know box, which name the Grand Canyon, the bald eagle, the Pacific coast, and the range of climates from ice to desert.

What's inside this worksheet

Fact File North America

A map of North America sits beside a picture space where students draw their favorite North American animal. The fact bank above lists North America, 23, Pacific Ocean, Grand Canyon, and bald eagle.

Key Facts

Students fill five rows: continent name, number of countries, an ocean on the coast, a famous landform, and an amazing animal.

Did You Know

After reading that North America has almost every kind of climate, students write one other surprising fact they know.

Summary

Students write two sentences on why North America is an interesting continent.

How teachers use it

Globe work

Put a globe on each table and have students find the Pacific Ocean and the Grand Canyon before they fill the table. The map colors Canada, the United States, and Mexico differently, so ask where the rest of the 23 countries are.

Research homework

Send the Did You Know line home as a small task. Families can help find a fact, and the sample answer about the Great Lakes shows the level you want.

Continent study groups

Once students know the five Key Facts rows, groups can copy the same table for another continent and fill it from library books. Compare the country counts with North America's 23.

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