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Grade 2 Social Studies Curriculum
Patriotic Journey
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Create an accepting classroom community that enables all classmates to feel safe, comfortable, accepted, and valued.
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Identify the four basic human emotions - happy, sad, mad, and scared - and recognize what can elicit these feelings.
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Understand and demonstrate appropriate ways to deal with the four basic emotions.
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Understand and demonstrate what it means to be a good citizen and be respectful in the classroom, at school, and in the community.
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Good manners and how we teach students to use good manners vocabulary and phrases appropriately.
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Identify and understand individual uniqueness and recognize that different cultures help make our world an interesting place.
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What it means to be a good citizen.
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What it means to be fair.
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Understand why it is important to feel good about oneself.
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Understand what it means to be trustworthy.
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Understand why it is important to be caring.
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What makes a good learner and why it is important to learn.
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What a symbol is.
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Know some of the symbols for our classroom, our school, and our school district
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Understand why the American Flag a symbol for our country and what does it represents.
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Understand how the American Flag became a symbol for our country.
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Understand why the bald eagle is an American symbol and what does represents.
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Understand what the U.S. Constitution is and why it is important for our country.
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Understand what the Pledge of Allegiance is and what it means when we recite it each day.
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Locate the 50 states on a U.S. map with guidance and resources.
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List the 7 continents and the 5 oceans and locate them on a map?
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Locate New York City.
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Know the interesting sites you would find in New York City.
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Understand why the Statue of Liberty is an important American symbol.
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Understand how the Statue of Liberty come to America, and why was it is located in New York Harbor.
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Know where Philadelphia is and what interesting sites you would find there.
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Understand why the Liberty Bell is an important American Symbol.
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Know what important events happened in Independence Hall.
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Know who Betsy Ross is and why she is an important American.
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Know what is Election Day is.
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Know why elections are important in our country.
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Know where Washington, D. C. is and why it is important to our country
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Know the important landmarks in Washington, D.C.
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Know what Veteran’s Day is?
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Know what Memorial Day is?
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Know what monuments and memorials you would find in Washington, D.C. to honor America’s soldiers.
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Know what patriotism is?
- How we show our patriotism in American.
Our Town: Then and Now
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Know what an artifact is.
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Know how we use artifacts from the past to learn about life in the past.
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Know what a timeline is.
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Know why we use timelines to organize events in chronological order.
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Understand why things change over time.
- Understand how new inventions impact our lives.
Our Wetlands
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Understand that it is the responsibility of all citizens to respect and care for our environment.
- Understand that citizens and help solve community problems and encourage others to take action.
Understandings from our SCASD Social Studies Curriculum Units. -