Grade 2 Social Studies Curriculum

Patriotic Journey

• Create an accepting classroom community that enables all classmates to feel safe, comfortable, accepted, and valued.

• Identify the four basic human emotions - happy, sad, mad, and scared - and recognize what can elicit these feelings.

• Understand and demonstrate appropriate ways to deal with the four basic emotions.

• Understand and demonstrate what it means to be a good citizen and be respectful in the classroom, at school, and in the community.

• Good manners and how we teach students to use good manners vocabulary and phrases appropriately.

• Identify and understand individual uniqueness and recognize that different cultures help make our world an interesting place.

• What it means to be a good citizen.

• What it means to be fair.

• Understand why it is important to feel good about oneself.

• Understand what it means to be trustworthy.

• Understand why it is important to be caring.

• What makes a good learner and why it is important to learn.

• What a symbol is.

• Know some of the symbols for our classroom, our school, and our school district

• Understand why  the American Flag a symbol for our country and what does it represents.

• Understand how the American Flag became a symbol for our country.

• Understand why  the bald eagle is an American symbol and what does represents.

• Understand what  the U.S. Constitution is and why it is important for our country.

• Understand what  the Pledge of Allegiance is and what it means when we recite it each day.

• Locate the 50 states on a U.S. map with guidance and resources.

• List  the 7 continents and the 5 oceans and locate them on a map?

• Locate New York City.

• Know the interesting sites you would find in New York City.

• Understand why the Statue of Liberty is an important American symbol.

• Understand how the Statue of Liberty come to America, and why was it is located in New York Harbor.

• Know where Philadelphia is and what interesting sites you would find there.

• Understand why the Liberty Bell is an important American Symbol.

• Know what important events happened in Independence Hall.

• Know who Betsy Ross is and why she is an important American.

• Know what is Election Day is.

• Know why elections are important in our country.

• Know where Washington, D. C. is and why it is important to our country

• Know the important landmarks in Washington, D.C.

• Know what Veteran’s Day is?

• Know what  Memorial Day is?

• Know what monuments and memorials you would find in Washington, D.C. to honor America’s soldiers.

• Know what patriotism is?

• How we show our patriotism in American.

Our Town:  Then and Now

• Know what an artifact is.

• Know how we use artifacts from the past to learn about life in the past.

• Know what  a timeline is.

• Know why we use timelines to organize events in chronological order.

• Understand why things change over time.

• Understand how new inventions impact our lives.

Our Wetlands

• 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.