Grade Level & Subject: Grade 2 Social Studies		Curriculum Map	Year 2003-04 PILOT
Calendar	August	September	October/November
	First Nine Weeks - August - October
Possible Resources	We Live Together, Grade 2-Macmilllan/McGraw-Hill (Anchor Text)
Nine Weeks Focus	Unit 1 (pages 1-57) “Our Community”
Skills/Standards (To teach and measure)	History 1. Measure calendar time by days, weeks, months and years. 2. List the days of the week and months of the year in order. 4. Use historical artifacts, photographs, biographies, maps, diaries and folklore to answer questions about daily life in the past. 6. Identify and describe examples of how science and technology have changed the daily lives of people and compare: a. Forms of communication from the past and present; b. Forms of transportation from the past and present. 7. Recognize the importance of individual action and character and explain how they have made a difference in others' lives with emphasis on the importance of: a. Social and political leaders in the United States (e.g., George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Tecumseh, Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King Jr.); b. Explorers, inventors and scientists (e.g., George Washington Carver, Thomas Edison, Charles Drew, Rachel Carson and Neil Armstrong). People in Societies 1. Describe the cultural practices and products of people on different continents. 2. Describe ways in which language, stories, folktales, music and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture and influence the behavior of people living in a particular culture. Geography 1. Read and interpret a variety of maps. 5. Compare how land is used in urban, suburban and rural environments. 6. Identify ways in which people have responded to and modified the physical environment such as building roads and clearing land for urban development. Economics Government 4. Explain the purpose of rules in the workplace. 5. Predict the consequences of following rules or violating rules in different settings. Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities 1. Demonstrate skills and explain the benefits of cooperation when working in group settings: a. Manage conflict peacefully; b. Display courtesy; c. Respect others. 2. Demonstrate self-direction in tasks within the school community (e.g., classroom, cafeteria and playground). 3. Demonstrate citizenship traits including: a. Honesty; b. Self-assurance; c. Respect for the rights of others; d. Persistence; e. Patriotism. Social Studies Skills and Methods (embedded in each social studies standard) 1. Obtain information from oral, visual and print sources. 2. Identify sources used to gather information: a. People; b. Printed materials; c. Electronic sources. 3. Predict the next event in a sequence. 4. Distinguish the difference between fact and fiction in oral, visual and print materials. 5. Communicate information in writing. 6. Use problem-solving/decision-making skills to identify a problem and gather information while working independently and in groups. A C A D E M I CO N T E N T S TA N D A R D
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