Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Grade 2

Other Iowa Social Studies sets

Inquiry Anchor Standards

  • A

    Constructing Compelling Questions

    1. 1

      Explain why a compelling question is important.SS.2.1.

  • B

    Constructing Supporting Questions

    1. 1

      Generate supporting questions across the social studies disciplines related to compelling questions.SS.2.2.

  • C

    Gathering and Evaluating Sources

    1. 1

      Determine if a source is primary or secondary and distinguish whether it is mostly fact or opinion.SS.2.3.

  • D

    Communicating and Critiquing Conclusions

    1. 1

      Construct responses to compelling questions using reasoning, examples, and relevant details.SS.2.4.

  • E

    Taking Informed Action

    1. 1

      Take group or individual action to help address local, regional, and/or global problems. SS.2.5.

    2. 2

      Use deliberative and democratic procedures to make decisions about and act on civic problems in their classrooms.SS.2.6.

Content Anchor Standards

  • A

    Recognize the Interaction Between the Individual and Various Groups

    1. 1

      Explain how people from different groups work through conflict when solving a community problem.SS.2.7.

  • B

    Analyze Civic and Political Institutions

    1. 1

      Explain the purpose of different government functions. (21st century skills)SS.2.8.

  • C

    Apply Civic Virtues and Democratic Principles

    1. 1

      . Develop an opinion on a decision about a local issue. (21st century skills)SS.2.9.

  • D

    Interpret Processes, Rules and Laws

    1. 1

      Determine effective strategies for solving particular community problems. (21st century skills)SS.2.10.

  • E

    Evaluate the National Economy

    1. 1

      Evaluate choices about how to use scarce resources that involve prioritizing wants and needs.SS.2.11.

    2. 2

      Identify how people use natural resources to produce goods and services.SS.2.12.

    3. 3

      Describe examples of the goods and services that governments provide.SS.2.13.

  • F

    Develop Financial and Career Goals

    1. 1

      Explain how different careers take different levels of education. (21st century skills)SS.2.14.

  • G

    Create a Saving and Spending Plan

    1. 1

      Evaluate choices and consequences for spending and saving. (21st century skills)SS.2.15.

  • H

    Create Geographic Representations

    1. 1

      Using maps, globes, and other simple geographic models, evaluate routes for people or goods that consider environmental characteristics.SS.2.16.

  • I

    Evaluate Human Environment Interaction

    1. 1

      Explain how environmental characteristics impact the location of particular places.SS.2.17.

  • J

    Analyze Human Population Movements and Patterns

    1. 1

      Describe how the choices people make impact local and distant environments.SS.2.18.

  • K

    Analyze Change, Continuity, and Context

    1. 1

      Make a prediction about the future based on past related events. SS.2.19.

    2. 2

      Determine the influence of particular individuals and groups who have shaped significant historical change.SS.2.20.

  • L

    Compare Perspectives

    1. 1

      Compare perspectives of people in the past to those in the present with regards to particular questions or issues.SS.2.21.

  • M

    Critique Historical Sources and Evidence

    1. 1

      Identify context clues and develop a reasonable idea about who created the primary or secondary source, when they created it, where they created it, and why they created it.SS.2.22.

  • N

    Justify Causation and Argumentation

    1. 1

      Given a set of options, use evidence to articulate why one reason is more likely than others to explain a historical event or development. SS.2.23.

  • O

    Iowa History

    1. 1

      Describe the intended and unintended consequences of using Iowa’s natural resources.SS.2.24.

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What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 2

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