Second Grade SS Lessons
Theme: People Working Together
History
Content Statement #1. Time can be shown graphically on calendars and timelines.
Content Statement #2. Change over time can be shown with artifacts, maps, and photographs.
Studying Changes of Native Americans over Time
Content Statement #3. Science and technology have changed daily life.
Inventions 1: Edison and the Light Bulb
Content Statement #4. Biographies can show how peoples’ actions have shaped the world in which we live.
Geography
Content Statement #5. Maps and their symbols can be interpreted to answer questions about location of places.
Content Statement #6. The work that people do is impacted by the distinctive human and physical characteristics in the place where they live.
Content Statement #7. Human activities alter the physical environment, both positively and negatively.
Human Adaptations to the Physical Characteristics of a Community
Powerpoint on Humans Impact on the Environment
Content Statement #8. Cultures develop in unique ways, in part through the influence of the physical environment.
How People Adapted to Environments
Geographic Features and Human Settlement
Content Statement #9. Interactions among cultures lead to sharing ways of life.
Government
Content Statement #10. Personal accountability includes making responsible choices, taking responsibility for personal actions and respecting others.
Content Statement #11. Groups are accountable for choices they make and actions they take.
Content Statement #12. There are different rules that govern behavior in different settings.
Economics
Content Statement #13. Information displayed on bar graphs can be used to compare quantities.
Content Statement #14. Resources can be used in various ways.
Everything Comes from Something
Content Statement #15. Most people around the world work in jobs in which they produce specific goods and services.
Content Statement #16. People use money to buy and sell goods and services.
Content Statement #17. People earn income by working.
We Can Earn Money (or) Working Hard for a Living