Social Studies

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Our 2nd Grade Social Studies units meet the standards outlined in the C3 Framework developed by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). Throughout the year we will complete four units using the Social Studies Alive! curriculum encompassing the topics of Geography, Economics, History, and Civics. We integrate these ideas into our literacy learning as well.  

Unit 1: Geography
At the end of the unit students will be able to answer this Essential Question: How does geography affect our community?
Inquiry and exploration will occur in the following lessons: What is a community?
How are communities different?
How do we use maps?
What is geography?

Unit 2: Economics
At the end of the unit students will be able to answer this Essential Question: How do people decide what they want, and how do they get it?
 Inquiry and exploration will occur in the following lessons:
 How do people use our environment? How are goods made and brought to us? Who provides Services in a community? How can I be a smart consumer?
Unit 3: Economics
At the end of the unit students will be able to answer this Essential Question: How can I be a historian?
 Inquiry and exploration will occur in the following lessons:
 How can we learn about Native American cultures? How do families learn about their past? How do communities change? How did one community change?
Unit 4:Civics
At the end of the unit students will be able to answer this Essential Question: Why should you dod the right thing even if no one is watching?
 Inquiry and exploration will occur in the following lessons:
 How can one person make a difference?
How do leaders help their communities?
What does a good citizen do?
What do communities share?