African American History
The child meets African Americans whose courage, ideas and work shaped the United States, follows their story from African homelands and slavery to freedom, civil rights and today, and explains why the country remembers…
Grade 2 Social Studies
Grade 2 Social Studies features community types, map skills, economic concepts, historical figures, and civic participation.
Grade 2 Social Studies topics
American Symbols and Holidays
Read together: the child recognizes the American flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, the bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell and the White House, and says why Americans celebrate Independence Day,…
Changes within Living Memory
The child compares daily life, toys, school, technology and transport now and when parents and grandparents were young, and explains what changed and what stayed the same.
Continents and Oceans
The child names and locates the continents and oceans, the equator and the poles, and finds their own country and some others on a world map.
Earning, Spending and Saving Money
The child learns that people earn money by working and use it to buy goods and services, chooses between spending, saving and sharing, saves for a goal with a simple plan and keeps money safe.
How We Know About the Past
The child finds out about the past from objects, pictures, buildings, written records and older people, and asks what each source can and cannot tell.
Levels of Government
The child explains what governments do, who makes, carries out and judges laws in the town, the state and the nation, names the three branches and their leaders, and says how leaders are chosen.
Democracy at School
Decide things together in your class, vote fairly and understand the results, choose representatives for a student council, and find out how communities make decisions and how you can help yours.
Maps and Compass Directions
The child reads simple maps and plans, uses a globe and compass directions, and makes a map of a familiar place with a key.
Goods and Services
The child sorts needs from wants and goods from services, meets the jobs people do in the community and why they work, and sees that people make choices because they cannot have everything.
Significant People and Why We Remember Them
The child learns about the lives of significant people from different times and places, and discusses why people are remembered and how they changed things.
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