Grade 2 Social Studies Missouri standards Standards

Knowledge of the use of tools of social science inquiry.

Knowledge of relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions.

Knowledge of major elements of geographical study and analysis and their relationship to changes in society and the environment.

Knowledge of economic concepts and principles.

Knowledge of continuity and change in the history of Missouri and the United States.

Knowledge of principles and processes of governance systems.

Knowledge of the principles expressed in documents shaping constitutional democracy in the United States.

Developing a research plan and identifying resources

Conducting and Presenting Research with Appropriate Resources

Understanding and supporting fact, opinion, bias and point of view in sources.

Use visual tools to communicate information and ideas

Identify, select, analyze and evaluate resources to create a product of social science inquiry

Describe consumption and production and the relationship to goods and services within your region.

Demonstrate how people use money to buy and sell goods and services.

Demonstrate how people barter to exchange goods and services.

Explain the relationship of income, labor and wages.

Conduct a personal cost-benefit analysis.

Read and construct maps with title and key.

Identify the properties and use of different types of maps for a variety of purposes.

Name and locate the regions in your community.

Name and locate regions of the world.

Identify and describe physical characteristics of the world.

Identify and describe physical characteristics of the student's region in Missouri.

Describe human characteristics of the student's region in Missouri.

Describe different types of communication and transportation and identify their advantages and disadvantages.

Describe how transportation and communication systems have facilitated the movement of people, products, and ideas.

Define the concept of regions as places which have unifying political, physical, or cultural characteristics.

Identify examples of different regions in Missouri.

Describe why people of different groups settle more in one place or region than another.

Explain how geography affects the way people live today.

Distinguish the responsibilities and powers of government officials at various levels and branches of government in authoritative decision making.

Identify and explain the concept of branches and functions of government.

Compare the culture and people in our community across multiple time periods.

Compare and contrast the changing habitats, resources, art and daily lives of native American people in regions of the U.S.

Describe the contributions of inventors or pioneers in their field who influenced progress in our nation.

Explain and give examples of how laws and rules are made and changed within the community.

Examine how individual rights are protected within a community.

Analyze how being an active and informed citizen makes a difference in your community.

List the consequences of citizens not actively participating in their communities.

Describe the character traits and civic attitudes of inventors or pioneers in their field who influenced progress in the nation.

Describe the importance of the Pledge of Allegiance.

Recognize and explain the significance of national symbols including national landmarks, national parks, and important memorials.

Compare the cultural characteristics of regions in the state.

Demonstrate a peaceful resolution to a dispute.

Recall stories and songs that reflect the cultural history of peoples from various regions in the United States including regional folk figures, Native American legends and African American folktales.

Describe how regions commemorate cultural heritage.

Describe and analyze primary and secondary social studies' sources in classroom discussion with guidance and support.

Describe and analyze primary and secondary social studies’ sources in classroom discussion with guidance and support.

Select and use artifacts to share information on social studies' topics.

Select and use artifacts to share information on social studies’ topics.

Use visual tools and informational texts to communicate information.

Use visual tools and informational texts to communicate information.

Explain the difference between fact and opinion in social studies' topics.

Explain the difference between fact and opinion in social studies’ topics.

Explain the concept of point of view in social studies' topics.

Explain the concept of point of view in social studies’ topics.

Share findings about a topic.

Share research about a social studies’ topic.

Develop supporting questions about social studies' topics, with assistance.

Develop supporting questions about social studies’ topics, with assistance.

Describe a process to answer those questions.

Describe a process to answer those questions

Discuss types of sources that would be helpful in exploring social studies' questions.

Discuss types of sources that would be helpful in exploring social studies’ questions.

Knowledge of basic economic concepts

Understanding the consequences of economic decisions

Reading and constructing maps

Understanding the concept of location to make predictions and solve problems

Understanding the concept of place

Understanding relationships between and among places

Understanding relationships between and among regions

Using geography to interpret, explain and predict

Processes of governmental systems in decision making

Functions of governmental systems

Understand the movement of people from many regions of the world to North America

Historical Perspective/Thinking/Passage of time

Knowledge of the contributions of significant persons in U.S. history

Purposes and principles of the Constitution

Purposes and principles of the Bill of Rights

Role of citizens and governments in carrying out constitutional principles

Character Traits and Civic Attitudes of Significant Individuals

Knowledge of the symbols of our state and nation

Cultural characteristics of all people

Methods of resolving conflicts

Ideas and beliefs of different cultures

Cultural heritage and preservation

Identify, select, analyze and evaluate resources to create a product of social science inquiry

Use visual tools to communicate information and ideas

Understanding and supporting fact, opinion, bias and point of view in sources

Conducting and presenting research with appropriate resources

Developing a research plan and identifying resources