How to learn Grade 2: Social studies

Michigan academic standards: Social studies, Grade 2

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1. Public Discourse, Decision Making, And Civic Participation · Act constructively to further the public good.

1. Actions and Their Consequences: Understand that actions have consequences — that what you choose to do affects both yourself and other people — and begin to think about what might happen before they act

2. Public Discourse, Decision Making, And Civic Participation · Communicate a reasoned position on a public issue.

1. Resolving Disagreements with Friends: Resolve simple disagreements with peers by talking it through — explaining how they feel, listening to the other person's side, and finding a compromise or solution that both can accept

3. Economics · Use fundamental principles and concepts of economics to understand economic activity in a market economy.

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

4. Civics And Government · Explain important rights and how, when, and where members of American society demonstrate their responsibilities by actively participating in civic life.

1. Community Rights and Responsibilities: Understand their rights and responsibilities as a member of a community — that everyone has a right to be treated with respect and to feel safe, and that with rights come responsibilities to treat others the same way

5. Civics And Government · Explain why people create governments.

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

6. Geography · Understand how regions are created from common physical and human characteristics.

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

7. History · Use historical thinking to understand the past.

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
2. Evidence from the Past: Understand that everything we know about the past comes from evidence — objects, buildings, pictures, documents, and stories that have survived
3. 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