Understanding the World Through Geography Series

California Landmarks Map Activities

This map of California landmarks introduces students to the major landmarks in the State of California. California has an amazing variety of natural and man-made landmarks. This map lists fourteen of these spectacular locations. Students will learn about these locations and then have the chance to label, identify, categorize and evaluate.

Landmarks include:
San Diego
Hollywood/Los Angeles
Joshua Tree National Park
Death Valley
Santa Barbara
Mt. Whitney
Sequoia National Park
Monterey Bay
San Francisco
Sacramento
Yosemite National Park
Lake Tahoe
Mt. Shasta
Redwood National Park

Most of the activities are Easel-ready so that students will have interactive experiences. Teachers may choose which activities they want students to complete. On the PDF, certain pages are marked as Easel Activities and they do not have images. In the Easel platform, those images will be visible.

This resource meets California Social Studies Standards 3.1 and 4.1.