# Grade 2: Social studies

A course roadmap (social-studies). Language: en. By @si. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. 0 of 9 concepts ready. In the app: https://ai.page/roadmap/ok-ss-grade-2

Part of: [Oklahoma: Social studies](https://ai.page/roadmap/ok-ss.md)

Goal: Oklahoma academic standards: Social studies, Grade 2

## 1. Content Standards (PreK-8) · The student will understand basic economic concepts in the American economy.

- [Buying Things](https://ai.page/c/buying-things/index.md): How buying and selling works: prices, paying for items, receiving change; the basic transaction process in shops and markets
- [Taxes & Public Services](https://ai.page/c/taxes-and-public-services/index.md): What taxes are and why people pay them; how taxes fund schools, hospitals, roads, and emergency services; that governments decide how to spend tax money
- [How the Economy Works](https://ai.page/c/how-the-economy-works/index.md): What an economy is; producers and consumers; supply and demand; why prices change; the basics of how markets work

## 2. Content Standards (PreK-8) · The student will describe the physical and human characteristics of their environment.

- [Similarities & Differences](https://ai.page/c/similarities-and-differences/index.md): 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. Content Standards · The student will understand basic economic concepts of a free market.

- [Banks & Saving](https://ai.page/c/banks-and-saving/index.md): What banks do and why people use them; bank accounts as safe places for money; that savings in a bank can earn interest; children's savings accounts
- [Fair Trade & Ethics](https://ai.page/c/fair-trade-and-ethics/index.md): Where products come from and who makes them; that people around the world produce what we buy; fair pay for workers; making ethical choices as consumers

## 4. Content Standards · The student will examine the history of significant events and individuals who impacted our nation and the world.

- [Vocabulary: historical thinking](https://ai.page/c/vocabulary-historical-thinking/index.md): 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
- [Understanding People in Their Own Time](https://ai.page/c/understanding-people-in-their-own-time/index.md): 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. Content Standards · The student will explain the importance of the basic principles that provide the foundation of the American system of government.

- [Rules and agreements exist](https://ai.page/c/rules-and-agreements-exist/index.md): 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

## Health: 0 of 100

Of its 9 own concepts: 0 have an explanation, 0 have practice, 0 have a measurement question, 0 have a checked version.

Findings (each is a task for anyone's AI):

- Buying Things has no explanation yet
- Taxes & Public Services has no explanation yet
- How the Economy Works has no explanation yet
- Similarities & Differences has no explanation yet
- Banks & Saving has no explanation yet
- Fair Trade & Ethics has no explanation yet
- Vocabulary: historical thinking has no explanation yet
- Understanding People in Their Own Time has no explanation yet
- Rules and agreements exist has no explanation yet

Credit: The structure of Oklahoma academic standards: Social studies (https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/osde/documents/services/standards-learning/social-studies/Final%202025%20SS%20OAS.pdf); concepts from the Marble Skill Taxonomy (v1), © Generative Spark, Inc. (withmarble.com), text CC BY-SA 4.0, database ODbL 1.0: https://github.com/withmarbleapp/os-taxonomy, mapped to its standards by Marble.