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2nd Grade Social Studies Benchmark Targets by Strand
By year's end, all students will:
| Strand | # | Benchmark Target |
Link to TEKS | Curriculum Connection |
| History | 1. | Describe the order of historical events using concepts of time and chronology and understand how historical information is documented. | 2.2, 2.3 |
People and Events of the Past |
| America's Story from America's Library Families share Eyewitness accounts of events in the late 20th century
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| 2. | Explain the historical significance of symbols and landmarks in our community, state, and nation. | 2.1 | Communities and Government | |
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| Geography | 3. | Identify locations, landforms and bodies of water using maps, globes and geographic tools. | 2.5, 2.6 | Maps and Globes |
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World Quiz Continents and Oceans Name the State Game demo toon university Outline Maps of the United States and World |
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| 4. | Explain how physical characteristics of places and regions are affected by nature and people. | 2.7, 2.8 | Communities, Geography and Natural Resources | |
| Economics |
5. | Understand the importance of work and the roles of producers/consumers in the production of goods and services. | 2.9, 2.10 | Earning and Spending |
Tricks for Treats two stories about incentives
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| Government |
6. | Explain the role of government and public officials including mayor, governor and president. | 2.11, 2.12 |
Government |
Bens Gov Select for your grade level Presidents of the United States Barney's tour of the White House
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| Citizenship | 7. | Identify and describe characteristics of good citizenship as shown by both historical and ordinary people and how they helped shape our community, state, and nation. | 2.4, 2.13, 2.19 | Citizenship and Communities |
President's Service Council speakers about public duty |
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| Culture |
8. | Explain the significance of customs and celebrations in our community, state, and nation. | 2.1, 2.14 | Communities |
| 9. | Compare the similarities and differences of local culture, including the arts such as songs, stories, poetry, and visual arts. | 2.15 | Communities | |
www.babblefish.com (for translation from English to Spanish ) |
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| Science and Technology | 10. | Explain the effects of science and technology on communication, transportation, and recreation including the ways people meet their basic needs. |
2.16 |
Communities |
| Community Scrambler Scrambled words around the community | ||||
| Social Studies | 11. | Apply critical thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of sources such as graphics, television, maps, literature and electronic technology. | 2.17, 2.19 | Any or all units |
| 12. | Create written or visual materials and oral presentations using a variety of resources including technology to express ideas. | 2.5, 2.17, 2.18, 2.19 | Any or all units | |
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| themes | monthly themes | |||
| TEKS SEARCH | Marco Polo Search by TEXAS TEKS Alignment | |||
| Be a SpyKid! | GeoSpy A GREAT game to locate states, continents within a time limit! | |||
| videos | www.digitalcurriculum.com visit with your librarian or stcp if you don't already have an account | |||
| search engines | Kids' Click sites selected by librarians | |||
| District Library | Humble District Library Pages | |||
| Internet library | Internet Public Library Great sources! | |||
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