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Social Studies Curriculum
Grade 2 - Unit 4
September - November
December - March
April - June
Active Citizenship
Rural, Urban and Suburban
Geography of Communities
Change and Interdependence
Themes, Understandings And Overarching Essential Questions For This Unit
Specific Essential Questions For This Unit
By The End Of This Unit Students Should Know
By The End Of This Unit Students Should Be Able To
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Themes, Understandings And Overarching Essential Questions For This Unit
Theme 1: Individual Development and Cultural Identity
Understanding: All people are similar. All people are different.
Essential Question: How does culture explain who we are?
Theme 2: Development, Movement and Interaction of Cultures
Understanding: All cultures and people have some things in common and some things that are different.
Essential Questions: How are we similar? How are we different?
Theme 3: Time, Continuity and Change
Understanding: Our past helps us to understand how we live today. Our present affects how we and others will live in the future.
Essential Questions: How does the past influence the present and the future?
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Specific Essential Questions For This Unit
Theme 1: Individual Development and Cultural Identity
Why do we celebrate Memorial Day and Independence Day?
Theme 2: Development, Movement and Interaction of Cultures
How and why do communities change over time?
Why do communities need each other?
Theme 3: Time, Continuity and Change
How and why do communities change over time?
Why do communities need each other?
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By The End Of This Unit Students Should Know
Theme 1: Individual Development and Cultural Identity
Key Ideas: Memorial Day and Independence Day are important holidays.
Vocabulary: memorial, veteran, soldier, hero, independence
Theme 2: Development, Movement and Interaction of Cultures
Key Ideas: Communities change over time. The past influences the present, and the present influences the future. Communities are interdependent.
Vocabulary: change, community, era, future, interdependent, past, present, services, timeline
Theme 3: Time, Continuity and Change
Key Ideas: Communities change over time.
The past influences the present, and the present influences the future. Communities are interdependent.
Vocabulary: change, community, era, future, interdependent, past, present, services, timeline
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By The End Of This Unit Students Should Be Able To
Theme 1: Individual Development and Cultural Identity
Explain the significance of Memorial Day and Independence Day.
Theme 2: Development, Movement and Interaction of Cultures
Identify how and why communities change over time.
Explain interdependence between and among communities.
Create a timeline.
Explain how a past event influenced the present.
Theme 3: Time, Continuity and Change
Identify how and why communities change over time.
Explain interdependence between and among communities.
Create a timeline.
Explain how a past event influenced the present.
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