Social Studies Curriculum
2nd Grade
Course Purpose: |
Students will examine parts of their society and develop comparisons to other places in order to determine their role in their families, neighborhood, and community. |
Outcomes and Components:
SS.2.1 |
Students will analyze communities in order to compare and contrast their own community with others | ||
Pacing Instruct/ Assess |
Component Code |
Component |
Standard(s) |
SS.2.1.1 |
Use print and digital maps, globes, and other simple geographic models to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of both familiar and unfamiliar places. |
SS.2.G.1 | |
SS.2.1.2 | Describe cultural and environmental characteristics of our community and compare them to other regions. . | SS.2.G.2 | |
SS.2.1.3 |
Describe the connections between the physical environment of a place and the economic activities found there. |
SS.2.G.3 |
Academic Vocabulary: explain, construct, interpret, describe, compare, |
Content Vocabulary: map, compass rose, cardinal directions, culture, needs and wants, scale, |