Idaho Content Standards for Second Grade Social Studies
ID.2. Geography - Students in Grade 2 analyze the spatial organizations of people, places, and environment on the earth's surface and explain how human actions modify the physical environment and how physical systems affect human activity and living conditions.
2.1: Analyze the spatial organizations of people, places, and environment on the earth's surface.
By the end of Grade 2, the student will be able to:
2.SS.2.1.1. Identify landforms, bodies of water, and human made features such as cities and dams on a map and globe. (410.01a)
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2.SS.2.1.2. State the cardinal directions and how to use a compass rose. (410.01b)
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2.SS.2.1.3. Show that map symbols such as key, legend, and scale represent a real object or place. (410.01c)
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ID.3. Economics - Students in Grade 2 explain basic economic concepts, and identify different influences on economic systems, and explain the concepts of good personal finance.
3.1: Explain basic economic concepts.
By the end of Grade 2, the student will be able to:
2.SS.3.1.2. Define income and identify different ways to earn and save. (408.01b)
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2.SS.3.1.3. Identify the difference between goods and services. (408.01c)
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Trade and TransportationTrade is the buying and selling or bartering of goods and services.<br> Transportation - People can walk, ride an animal, bicycle, and drive vehicles. Read more...iWorksheets :3Study Guides :1
Interdependence of Goods and ServicesWhat is interdependence? People in many communities depend on people in other communities for goods and services. Goods are products that are made or grown and then sold. Services are jobs that people do to serve one another. No one community has everything it needs to meet its basic needs. We need to transport goods and communicate our needs worldwide. Read more...iWorksheets :3Study Guides :1
2.SS.3.1.4. Identify differences between producers and consumers. (408.01d)
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Trade and TransportationTrade is the buying and selling or bartering of goods and services.<br> Transportation - People can walk, ride an animal, bicycle, and drive vehicles. Read more...iWorksheets :3Study Guides :1
Interdependence of Goods and ServicesWhat is interdependence? People in many communities depend on people in other communities for goods and services. Goods are products that are made or grown and then sold. Services are jobs that people do to serve one another. No one community has everything it needs to meet its basic needs. We need to transport goods and communicate our needs worldwide. Read more...iWorksheets :3Study Guides :1
3.4: Explain the concepts of good personal finance.
By the end of Grade 2, the student will be able to:
2.SS.3.4.1. Identify reasons people save.
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ID.4. Civics and Government - Students in Grade 2 build an understanding of the foundational principles of the American political system, the organization and formation of the American system of government, and that all people in the United States have rights and assume responsibilities.
4.2: Build an understanding of the organization and formation of the American system of government.
By the end of Grade 2, the student will be able to:
2.SS.4.2.1. Explain important customs, symbols, and celebrations that represent the development of American beliefs and principles. (404.01c)
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Other Cultures Contribute to U.S. CultureThe United States has been called a melting pot because people from so
many other countries have come to live here. People from every country
have brought many of their customs and traditions with them. Their culture is remembered and shared by many of us today. Read more...iWorksheets :3Study Guides :1
4.3: Build an understanding that all people in the United States have rights and assume responsibilities.
By the end of Grade 2, the student will be able to:
2.SS.4.3.1. Identify characteristics of good citizenship, such as courage, honesty, and responsibility. (407.01d)
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2.SS.4.3.2. Name historic and contemporary people who model characteristics of good citizenship. (407.01d)
U.S. GovernmentU. S. GOVERNMENT The
Constitution was written in 1789 and is the basic design for how our government should work. Read more...iWorksheets :4Study Guides :1
Famous AmericansFreeWho are some famous Americans we should know? Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Benjamin Banneker, Davy Crockett, Cesar Chavez, Florence Nightingale, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Susan B. Anthony, Paul Revere, Thomas Edison, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglas, Sojourner Truth, Helen Keller, and John Glenn. Read more...iWorksheets :5Study Guides :1
Government and Political SystemsA government is people who make decisions about a city, state, or
country. A democratic system exists when the people who run the government are selected by the citizens. An autocratic system has a ruler who came to power by strength or birth. Read more...iWorksheets :3Study Guides :1
ID.5. Global Perspectives - Students in Grade 2 identify the importance of respecting multiple perspectives and global interdependence.
5.1: Build an understanding of multiple perspectives and global interdependence.
By the end of Grade 2, the student will be able to:
2.SS.5.1.2. Compare traditions practiced in other parts of the world. (404.01b)
World HolidaysFreeHolidays are special days to help us remember or honor people and events. The earliest holy days were to honor sacred events. Read more...iWorksheets :5Study Guides :9
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