Elementary Curriculum for
Second Grade - Social Studies
Knowledge
Apply the five fundamental themes of geography (location, place, human-environment, interaction, movement and region) to communities.
Identify the features of a local and global community past and present.
Describe cultural diversity among local and global communities.
Interpret the economic interrelationships within communities (goods and services, producer and consumer, etc.).
Demonstrate the need for rules and laws.
Skills
Construct meaning by reading and gathering, interpreting, analyzing and summarizing information regarding local and global communities.
Identify and use different types of prose, globes, charts, tables and graphs.
Use media and technology as tools to study local and global communities.
Begin to formulate reasoned decisions about public issues both orally and in writing.
Apply appropriate behavior for various situations.
Democratic Values
Demonstrate a respect for themselves and that of all human beings.
Select appropriate behavior as related to rules and laws.
Demonstrate an understanding and acceptance of communities unlike their own.
Civic Participation
Develop and apply classroom and school rules.
Participate in cooperative efforts to promote common good in their classrooms, schools and local communities and environment.
Resources
Classroom sets contain:
- How a Book is Made
- All About Wool
- I Can Be an Author, I Can Be a Carpenter
- I Can Be a Fire Fighter, I Can Be a Police Man
- I Can Be a Reporter, I Can Be a Weather Forecaster
- Field Trip Series: The Bakery. The Post Office. The Firestation.
- Sue Lee's New Neighborhood
- Geography from A-Z
- Continents Woodboard Puzzle
- U.S. Map Floor Puzzle
- Maps, Charts, Graphs, Transparencies
Building Kit contains (box): Primary Social Studies Skills (Level B including 35 Map A's and 35 Map B's)
- Neighborhood and Communities Filmstrips
- Nancy's Night Out (16 copies)
- White Out (16 copies)
- Buried Secrets (16 copies)
- Happy Birthday, Mr. President (16 copies)
- The March (16 copies)
- The Train Home (16 copies)
- Martin Luther King Video
- Young Explorer's Mini Town (30 copies)
- Sneaker Factory (30 copies)
- Don't Throw It Away (30 copies)
- Building Kit (Portfolio) contains:
- Young Explorer's Mini Town
- The Sneaker Factory
- Don’t Throw It Away
- (Each set contains 1 Big Book, 6 Little Books and a Teacher's Companion.)
- The March
- The Train Home
- Nancy's Night Out
- White Out
- Buried Secrets
- Happy Birthday, Mr. President
- (Each set includes 1 Big Book, 1 Little Book, Teacher's Guide and tape cassette.)
Books
Where Does it Come From?, 1 per teacher
Maps: The World and the U.S. by Karen Sevaly, 1 per building
Beginning Geography Series by J. Moore, G. Shipman, 1 per teacher
Famous Black Americans by Frank Schaffer, 1 per teacher
Helping Your Child Learn Geography, 1 per teacher
The Gingerbread Man by Heyne & Hafer, Center for Economic Education, U of Missouri, St. Louis, 1 per building
Economics and Geography Lessons for Children’s Books (grades 1-5) by Council on Economic Education in Maryland, 1 per building
