How to learn Grade 2: Social studies

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills: Social studies, Grade 2

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1. The student uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others. The student is expected to:

1. Stop, Think, Then Choose: Use a simple decision-making process when faced with a choice — stopping to think, identifying the options, considering the consequences of each option, and then choosing — rather than acting impulsively
2. Vocabulary: working with others: Know and use the vocabulary of working with others — cooperate, share, take turns, team, listen, agree, disagree respectfully, and include — and understand that these words describe habits that friendships and group work depend on

2. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including technology. The student is expected to:

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

3. The student understands characteristics of good citizenship as exemplified by historical figures and other individuals. The student is expected to:

1. Vocabulary: ethics and citizenship: Know and use the vocabulary of ethics and citizenship — bullying, cyberbullying, bystander, upstander, peer pressure, digital citizenship, rights, responsibility, and ethical — and understand the distinctions between these closely related terms

4. The student understands the purpose of governments. The student is expected to:

1. Taxes & Public Services: 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

5. The student understands the roles of producers and consumers in the production of goods and services. The student is expected to:

1. Supply Chains: Where products come from before they reach the customer; raw materials, making, transporting, and selling; the journey of a product from start to finish
2. Who Is a Customer?: Understanding that a customer is someone who buys what you make or do; thinking about what customers want and need; the idea that businesses serve people
3. How the Economy Works: What an economy is; producers and consumers; supply and demand; why prices change; the basics of how markets work

6. The student understands the value of work. The student is expected to:

1. Earning Money: Ways that children and adults earn money; the connection between work, skills and pay; that harder or more skilled work often pays more
2. Buying Things: How buying and selling works: prices, paying for items, receiving change; the basic transaction process in shops and markets

7. The student understands how humans use and modify the physical environment. The student is expected to:

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