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Web Resources Supporting the Maryland Voluntary State Curriculum
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Social Studies - Grade 2
History | Geography | Economics | Political | Peoples of the Nations |
HISTORY
Standard 1.0 |
| Students will examine significant ideas, beliefs, and themes; organize patterns and events; and analyze how individuals and societies have changed over time in Maryland and the United States. Students will use historical thinking skills to understand how individuals and events have changed society over time. |
Topic
A. History |
Indicator
1. Distinguish among past, present, and future time.
Objectives
a. Compare community life now to community life in the past
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2. Describe people, places and events in the past
Objectives
a. Interpret a variety of print and non-print sources of information about the past
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- US Mint - "Class Penny Quilt"...students make a quilt with events from their lives based on the date on a penny; also covers Language Arts skills
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GEOGRAPHY
Standard 2.0 |
| Students will use geographic concepts and processes to examine the role of culture, technology, and the environment in the location and distribution of human activities and spatial connections throughout time. Students will use geographic concepts and processes to understand location and its relationship to human activities. |
Topic
A. Geography |
Indicator
1. Locate and describe places using maps and globes
Objectives
a. Identify the purpose and use of a variety of maps, such as physical maps, school maps and neighborhood maps
b. Identify the equator, poles and hemispheres on a globe
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2. Classify places and regions
Objectives
a. Describe and classify how natural/physical features, such as deserts, peninsulas, beaches, coastlines identify a place
b. Describe and classify human-made features, such as, buildings, streets, bridges, cultivated land, dams and tunnels identify a place
c. Describe places using weather, climate, vegetation and natural/physical features, such as mountain, beach and plain
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3 .Explain how transportation and communication networks link places by the movement of goods, ideas and people
Objectives
a. Identify how transportation networks link people and goods to places
b. Identify how communication networks link people and messages to places
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4. Explain how people adapt to and modify their natural environment
Objectives
a. Describe ways that people adapt to the natural environment for food, clothing, and shelter
b. Describe ways that people modify their natural environment and the impact of those modifications, such as clearing trees, building a dam, and farming land
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ECONOMICS
Standard 3.0 |
| Students will develop economic reasoning to understand the historical development and current status of economic principles, institutions, and processes needed to be effective citizens, consumers, and workers participating in local communities, the nation, and the world. Students will identify the economic principles and processes that are helpful to producers and consumers when making good decisions. |
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Indicator
1. Explain the production process
Objectives
a. Identify the natural, capital and human resources used in the production of a good or service
b. Describe examples of specialized work in their school and community such as nurses and postal workers
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2. Identify goods and services
Objective
a. Identify goods and services provided by businesses
b. Identify goods and services provided by government
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4. Explain why people have to make economic choices about goods and services
Objectives
a. Identify economic choices they have made and explain why they had to make a choice
b. Explain that choices have consequences some of which are more important than others
c. Describe different market choices where buyers and sellers meet to exchange goods and services
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5. Explain how technology affects the way people live, work and play
Objectives
a. Describe how technology has changed the way people travel and communicate
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- Econopolis...there are several useful slides in this land of Economics - see the teacher page for accompanying printable worksheets
- Econopolis...there are several useful slides in this land of Economics - see the teacher page for accompanying printable worksheets
- What is Transportation?... an overview with links to transportation museums and pictures of various types of transportation
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POLITICAL
Standard 4.0 |
| Students will understand the historical development and current status of the fundamental concepts and processes of authority, power, and influence, with particular emphasis on the democratic skills and attitudes necessary to become responsible citizens. Students will understand the historical development and current status of the democratic principles and the development of skills and attitudes necessary to become responsible citizens. |
Topic
A. Political Science |
Indicator
1. Explain the importance of rules
Objectives
a. Explain how school and community rules promote orderliness, fairness and safety
b. Identify leadership positions in the community and explain how they can be helpful in maintaining safety and order
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2. Identify democratic skills and attitudes associated with the United States of America
Objectives
a. Connect certain symbols, landmarks, songs and poems to the democratic ideals they represent, such as the Statue of Liberty represents fairness and justice, the American flag represents liberty, and the Star Spangled Banner represents freedom
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3. Explain the contributions of people important to the American political system
Objectives
a. Describe the contributions of local government leaders and current leaders of their community, such as county executives, county council or mayor, and city council
b. Describe how holidays, such as President's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, and Maryland Day reflect democratic beliefs, such as patriotism, equality, justice, truth, diversity, and individual rights that are commonly held by Americans
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4. Describe the rights and responsibilities of being a participating member of the school and the community
Objectives
a. Recognize and describe how making choices influences how members of the family, school, and community perform their roles and responsibilities to make a difference
b. Identify concerns in the community, such as safety issues and pollution problems and identify ways to resolve concerns
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PEOPLES OF THE NATIONS AND THE WORLD
Standard 5.0 |
| Students will understand the diversity and commonality, human interdependence, and global cooperation of the people of Maryland, the United States and the World through a multicultural and historic perspective. Students will understand how people in Maryland, the United States and around the world are alike and different. |
Topic
A. Peoples of the Nations and the World
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Indicator
1. Examine elements of two different cultures of the world
Objectives
a. Compare elements of at least two diverse cultures
b. Explain ways people of different ages and/or cultural backgrounds help pass on traditions
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2. Explain how different points of view affect the way groups of people interact
Objectives
a. Recognize that different points of view may result in conflict
b. Explain situations that demonstrate conflict, cooperation, and compromise
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- Culture Grams...choose a country to learn about different aspects of life in that nation
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