Social Studies Grade 2
NHPS SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 2
| Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | |
| Unit Titles | Shared Reading
Unit Titles 1. Apple Pie Tree 2. Charlie Needs a Cloak 3. Leo the Late Bloomer 4. Do Like Kyla 2nd Half Quarter 1 5. Frog and Toad Together: The Garden Dragons and Giants 6. North Pole / South Pole 7. Firefighters 8. Amazing Grace |
Shared Reading
Unit Titles 1. How a House is Built 2. Desert Giant The World of the Saguaro Cactus 3. Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King 4. George Washington and the General’s Dog 5. The Three Little Javelinas 6. Anansi the Spider |
Shared Reading
Unit Titles 1. It’s Heaven to be Seven: Jasper and the Hero Business |
Shared Reading
Unit Titles 1. Abe Lincoln’s Hat 2. Where Plants Live 3. It’s Heaven to be Seven: Song Lee in Room 2b |
| Learning Outcomes | 1. Apple Pie Tree
1a. Identify and analyze the significance of physical and cultural characteristics of places. 1b. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 1c. Identify similarities and differences. 1d. Use summarizing. 1e. Use nonlinguistic representation. 2. Charlie Needs a Cloak 2a. Identify and analyze the significance of physical and cultural characteristics of places. 2b. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 2c. Identify similarities and differences. 2d. Use summarizing. 2e. Use nonlinguistic representation. 3. Leo the Late Bloomer 3a. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 3b. Identify similarities and differences. 3c. Use summarizing. 3d. Use nonlinguistic representation. 3e. Use cues and questions. 4. Do Like Kyla 4a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 4b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. 4c. Identify similarities and differences. 4d. Use summarizing. 4e. Use nonlinguistic representation. 4f. Use cues and questions. 5. Frog and Toad Together: The Garden Dragons and Giants 5a. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 5b. Identify similarities and differences 5c. Use summarizing 6. North Pole / South Pole 6a. Locate regions on a map. 6b. Define and identify natural and human characteristics of places. 6c. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified. 6d. Locate Earth’s major physical and human features. 6e. Use summarizing and note taking. 6f. Use nonlinguistic representations. 6g. Use cooperative learning. 6h. Use cues, questions, and organizers. 7. Firefighters 7a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 7b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. 7c. Establish, explain, and apply criteria and apply criteria useful in evaluating rules and laws for solving problems 7d. Identify similarities and differences. 7e. Use summarizing. 7f. Use nonlinguistic representation. 7g. Use cues and questions. 8. Amazing Grace 8a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 8b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. 8c. Establish, explain, and apply criteria and apply criteria useful in evaluation rules and laws for solving problems. |
1. How a House is Built
1a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 1b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. 1c. Identify similarities and differences. 1d. Use summarizing. 1e. Use nonlinguistic representation. 1f. Use cues and questions. 2. Desert Giant The World of the Saguaro Cactus 2a. Define and identify natural characteristics of places. 2b. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified. 2c. Locate places within their own nearby communities in CT. 2d. Identify similarities and differences. 2e. Use summarizing. 2f. Use nonlinguistic representation. 2g. Use cues and questions. 3. Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King 3a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 3b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. 3c. Identify historical events. 3d. Locate places and regions on a map. 3e. Recognize the importance of historical thinking and knowledge in our lives. 3f. Seek historical background when confronted with problems and issues of the past. 3g. Display empathy for people who have lived in the past. 3h. Identify similarities and differences. 3i. Use summarizing. 3j. Use cues and questions. 4. George Washington and the General’s Dog 4a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 4b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. 4c. Establish, explain, and apply criteria and apply criteria useful in evaluating rules and laws for solving problems Locate places on a map. 4d. Seek historical background when confronted with problems and issues of the past. 4e. Display empathy for people who have lived in the past. 4f. Identify similarities and differences. 4g. Use summarizing. 4h. Use cues and questions. 5. The Three Little Javelinas 5a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 5b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. 5c. Identify and analyze the significance of physical and cultural characteristics of places. 5d. Locate regions on a map. 5e. Identify similarities and differences. 5f. Use summarizing. 5g. Use nonlinguistic representation. 5h. Use cues and questions. 6. Anansi the Spider 6a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 6b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. 6c. Recognize and understand causation of change over time. 6d. Locate places on a map. 6e. Explain the interactions and consequences between humans and their environment. 6f. Identify similarities and differences. 6g. Use summarizing. 6h. Use nonlinguistic representation. 6i. Use cooperative learning. 6j. Use cues and questions. |
1. It’s Heaven to be Seven: Jasper and the Hero Business
1a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 1b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. 1c. Identify similarities and differences. 1d. Use summarizing. 1e. Use nonlinguistic representation. 1f. Use cues and questions. |
1. Abe Lincoln’s Hat
1a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 1b. Establish, explain and apply criteria useful in evaluating rules and laws for solving problems and conflicts. 1c. Recognize and understand causation of change over time. 1d. Locate places on a map. 1e. Recognize the importance of historical thinking and knowledge in our lives. 1f. Identify similarities and differences. 1g. Use summarizing. 1h. Use cues and questions. 2. Where Plants Live 2a. Define and identify natural and human characteristics of places. 2b. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified. 2c. Locate places within their own nearby communities in CT. 2d. Identify similarities and differences. 2e. Use summarizing and note taking. 2f. Use nonlinguistic representations. 2g. Use cooperative learning. 6h. Use cues, questions, and organizers. 3. It’s Heaven to be Seven: Song Lee in Room 2b 3a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 3b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. 3c. Establish, explain, and apply criteria and apply criteria useful in evaluation rules and laws for solving problems. 3d. Define and identify natural and human characteristics of places. 3e. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified. 3f. Locate places within their own nearby communities in CT. 3e. Identify similarities and differences. 3f. Use summarizing. 3g. Use homework. 3h. Use nonlinguistic representation. 3i. Use cooperative learning. 3j. Use cues and questions. |
| Significant Task | 1. Apple Pie Tree
1a. Draw a picture and write a description of something the girls do during that season and something you do during that season. 2. Charlie Needs a Cloak 2a. Draw a picture of Charlie using things from his environment to make his cloak. 2b. Write a description of what he is using and how he made his cloak. 2c. Draw a picture of yourself using things from your environment. 2d. Write a description of what you are using and what you are making. 3. Leo the Late Bloomer 3a. Draw a picture and describe Leo before and after he “made it”. 3b. Draw a picture and describe yourself before and after you “made it”. 4. Do Like Kyla 4a. Draw a picture and write a description of what you do to help with the responsibilities in your family. 4b. Draw a picture and write a description of what you do to help with the responsibilities in school. 5. Frog and Toad Together: The Garden Dragons and Giants 5a. Explain and write why Toad thought it was hard work to grow a flower garden. 5b. Tell about a time you did something that took hard work. 6. North Pole / South Pole 6a. Complete the comparison chart showing the similarities and differences between the North and South Poles. 7. Firefighters 7a. Draw a picture and describe how fires were fought long ago. 7b. Draw a picture and describe how fires are fought today. 8. Amazing Grace 8a. Describe how Grace took on responsibility and accomplished her goal. 8b. Tell about a time when you took on the responsibility for something that was important to you and accomplished your goal. 8c. Compare your experience to Grace’s. |
1. How a House is Built
1a. Make a book showing the most important steps in the building of a house. 2. Desert Giant The World of the Saguaro Cactus 2a. Draw an illustration and describe a saguaro cactus. 2b. Draw an illustration and describe a tree in your community. 2c. Tell how they are alike and different 3. Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King 3a. Describe what was important to Martin Luther King, Jr. 3b. Tell how he helped change laws. 3c. Describe what you can do to help continue the things Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in. 4. George Washington and the General’s Dog 4a. Draw a picture and describe how George Washington showed empathy and responsibility to another person. 4b. Draw a picture and describe a time when you showed empathy and responsibility towards another person. 5. The Three Little Javelinas 5a. Draw an illustration showing how the geographical region affected the materials the javelinas used and the kinds of homes they built. 6. Anansi the Spider 6a. Explain how the moon came to be in the sky. 6b. Create your own folktale in the style of Anansi the Spider. |
1. It’s Heaven to be Seven: Jasper and the Hero Business
1a. Describe a person you know who is a hero to you. 1b. Draw an illustration of this person doing a heroic deed. |
1. Abe Lincoln’s Hat
1a. Write about an issue that they think needs to be changed to make life better at home, in school or in their community. 1b. Write a speech telling why it needs to be changed and how it could be changed. 1c. Read speeches to the class 2. Where Plants Live 2a. Draw a picture and write a description of each of the different environments, the desert, the rain forest, and the ocean. 3. It’s Heaven to be Seven: Song Lee in Room 2b 3a. Interview your family about special places you have visited or would like to visit. 3b. Use note taking to record information about special places you have visited or would like to visit. |
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