How to learn Grade 2: Social studies

Indiana academic standards: Social studies, Grade 2

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1. Economics · Students describe how people in a community use productive resources, create a variety of businesses and industries, specialize in different types of jobs, and depend on each other to supp

1. How the Economy Works: What an economy is; producers and consumers; supply and demand; why prices change; the basics of how markets work

2. Geography · Students locate their community, state, and nation on maps and globes; identify major geographic characteristics of their local community; explore geographic relationships between the phys

1. Similarities & Differences: Notice and appreciate ways that people are similar to and different from each other — including appearance, family structures, languages spoken, foods eaten, and celebrations observed — and understand that differences make communities interesting

3. Civics and Government · Students explain why communities have government and laws, demonstrate that people in the United States have both rights and responsibilities, and identify individual actions t

1. Rules and agreements exist: Understand why rules and agreements exist — that they help keep people safe, make things fair, and help groups work well together — and follow agreed rules willingly rather than only when being watched

4. History · Students differentiate between events that happened in the past and recently, recognize examples of continuity and change in local and regional communities, and consider ways that people and

1. Understanding People in Their Own Time: Understand that people in the past saw the world very differently from us — judge their actions by the context they lived in, not only by today's values

5. Economics

1. What Money Is: What money is and why we use it; that money is exchanged for goods and services; brief history from barter to coins to digital payments
2. Saving Money: Why people save money; piggy banks and saving jars; setting a savings goal; the idea that not spending now means having more later
3. Needs & Wants: The difference between things we need (food, shelter, clothing) and things we want (toys, treats); that we sometimes have to choose because money is limited
4. Buying Things: How buying and selling works: prices, paying for items, receiving change; the basic transaction process in shops and markets

6. History

1. Vocabulary: historical thinking: Know and use the vocabulary of historical thinking — source, evidence, primary source, secondary source, artefact, chronology, chronological order, BC/BCE, AD/CE, century, decade, era, period, timeline, excavation, archaeologist, interpretation, corroborate, bias, perspective — and apply these terms when discussing how we know about the past and how reliable our knowledge is