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K–12 Standards

Grade 2

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Disciplinary Skills and Processes 

  • SP1

    Chronological reasoning requires understanding processes of change and continuity over time, which means assessing similarities and differences between historical periods and between the past and present.2.SP1

    1. 1

      Create a chronological sequence of multiple events.2.SP1.1

    2. 2

      Understand how events of the past affect students’ lives and community.2.SP1.2

    3. 3

      Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped a significant historical change.2.SP1.3

  • SP2

    Thinking within the discipline involves the ability to identify, compare, and evaluate multiple perspectives about a given event to draw conclusions about that event since there are multiple points of view about events and issues.2.SP2

    1. 1

      Compare diverse cultures from around the world using primary sources such as photographs, artifacts, and music and secondary sources such as fiction and non-fiction.2.SP2.1

    2. 2

      Compare perspectives of people in the past to those today through stories and biographies.2.SP2.2

  • SP3

    Historians and Social Scientists gather, interpret, and use evidence to develop claims and answer historical, economic, geographical, and political questions and communicate their conclusions.2.SP3

    1. 1

      Identify facts and concepts associated with compelling and supporting questions.2.SP3.1

    2. 2

      Determine and use various kinds of sources to answer compelling and supporting questions.2.SP3.2

    3. 3

      Generate questions about a source as it relates to an event or development.2.SP3.3

    4. 4

      Gather relevant information from one or two sources.2.SP3.4

    5. 5

      Ask and answer questions about explanations and arguments.2.SP3.5

    6. 6

      Present a summary of an argument or explanation using print, oral, or digital technology.2.SP3.6

  • SP4

    Thinking within the discipline involves the ability to analyze relationships among causes and effects and to create and support arguments using relevant evidence.2.SP4

    1. 1

      Generate possible reasons for an event or development. 2.SP4.1

    2. 2

      Select which reasons might be more likely than others to explain an event or development.2.SP4.2

Civics

  • C2

    Citizens have individual rights, roles, and responsibilities.2.C2

    1. 2

      Explain how all people, not just official leaders, play important roles in the world.2.C2.2

    2. 1

      Describe roles and responsibilities of people in authority within our country and world.2.C2.1

  • C4

    Process, rules, and laws direct how individuals are governed and how society addresses problems. 2.C4

    1. 1

      Explain how people work together to identify and solve problems within our world.  2.C4.1

    2. 2

      Explain how rules function in public settings.  2.C4.2

Economics

  • E1

    A financially literate individual understands how to manage income, spending, and investment.2.E1

    1. 1

      Identify different occupations and skills needed in a global economy.2.E1.1

    2. 2

      Describe reasons to save or spend money.2.E1.2

  • E3

    Individuals and institutions are interdependent within market systems. 2.E3

    1. 1

      Identify and describe the goods and services that are produced around the world. 2.E3.1

    2. 2

      Explain how people around the world earn income. 2.E3.2

    3. 3

      Explain how people can be producers and consumers in a global economy. 2.E3.3

  • E4

    The domestic economy is shaped by interactions between government, institutions, and the private sector. 2.E4

    1. 1

      Describe the public services that governments provide and how they meet the needs of individuals.2.E4.1

  • E5

    The interconnected global economy impacts all individuals and groups in significant and varied ways.2.E5

    1. 1

      Illustrate how a country’s resources determine what is produced and traded.2.E5.1

Geography

  • G1

    The use of geographic representations and tools help individuals understand their world.2.G1

    1. 1

      Use and construct maps, graphs, and other geographic representations of familiar and unfamiliar places in the world; and locate physical and human features. 2.G1.1

      1. -

        Key physical features include but are not limited to seven continents, oceans, lakes, rivers, mountain ranges, coasts, seas, and deserts

      2. -

        Key human features include but are not limited to equator, hemispheres, North and South Pole, cities, states, countries, regions, and landmarks 

    2. 2

      Use maps, globes, and other simple geographic models to identify and explain cultural and environmental characteristics of places in the world based on stories shared.2.G1.2

  • G2

    Human-environment interactions are essential aspects of human life in all societies. 2.G2

    1. 1

      Explain how weather, climate, and other environmental characteristics affect people’s lives in a place or region being studied. 2.G2.1

    2. 2

      Describe how human activities affect the communities and the environment of places or regions. 2.G2.2

    3. 3

      Describe the positive and negative effects of using natural resources. 2.G2.3

  • G3

    Examining human population and movement helps individuals understand past, present, and future conditions on Earth’s surface.2.G3

    1. 1

      Explain why and how people, goods, and ideas move from place to place.2.G3.1

      1. -

        Key concepts include but are not limited to transportation, trade, immigration, migration, and communication

  • G4

    Global interconnections and spatial patterns are a necessary part of geographic reasoning. 2.G4

    1. 1

      Identify different physical and cultural regions in the world. 2.G4.1

HISTORY

  • G1

    The development of civilizations, societies, cultures, and innovations have influenced history and continue to impact the modern world.2.H1

    1. 1

      Explain how individuals can make contributions to a civilization and/or culture in place or region studied. 2.H1.1

    2. 2

      Using primary and secondary sources, compare civilizations and/or cultures around the world and how they have changed over time in a place or region studied. 2.H1.2

    3. 3

      Examine developments from the civilization and/or culture in place or region studied. 2.H1.3

  • G3

    Economic, political, and religious ideas and institutions have influenced history and continue to shape the modern world.2.H3

    1. 1

      Generate questions about the institutions and belief systems of different societies.2.H3.1

      1. -

        Key concepts include but are not limited to religion, governments, economic systems, and education

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 2
Where can I read the official document?
History and Social Science Standards (2019)

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