2nd Grade / 1st Nine Weeks
Topic / Lesson / # of lessons / Strand / Content Statement / Comments / Vocabulary / Performance skills
Civic Participation and Skills / Unit 1
Les 1
Rules, Rules, Rules
Les 2
(Les 1 an option) / 2 / Government / #10 Personal accountability includes making responsible choices, taking responsibility for personal action and respecting others. / Supplement with Rules, Rules, Rules /
  • Responsibility
  • Respect
  • Personal Actions
  • Choices
  • Rules
/ ■Demonstrate an understanding of personal accountability, including making responsible choices and taking responsibility for personal actions and respecting others.
Civic Participation and Skills / “Solve a problem” pp. 14-15
Rules, Rules, Rules
Pick one lesson (4, 7, 8-12) / 2 / Government / #10 Groups are accountable for choices they make and actions they take. / Supplement with Rules, Rules, Rules /
  • Responsibility
  • Respect
  • Accountable
  • Goals
  • Cooperation
  • Conflict
/ ■ Work effectively in a group to complete a task or solve a problem for which a group is held accountable.
Rules and Laws / Rules, Rules, Rules
Lesson 3, 5 & 6 / 3 / Government / #12 There are different rules that govern behavior in different settings. / Supplement with Rules, Rules, Rules /
  • Rules
/ ■ Demonstrate an understanding of the different rules in different settings
Human Systems / Unit 5
Les 1
Primary Sources
“Learning About Cultures”
pp. 234-235
A World of Food
(Student box set) / 2 / Geography / #8 Cultures develop in unique ways, in part through the influence of the physical environment. /
  • Food
  • Clothing
  • Shelter
  • Language
  • Artistic Expression
/ ■ Explain that culture is learned and includes beliefs, languages,relationships and material goods.
■ Describe how people in other parts of the world respond to their physical environment to meet basic needs.
Human Systems / Unit 5
Les 2,3 / 1 / Geography / #9 Interaction among cultures lead to sharing ways of life. /
  • Food
  • Languages
  • Customs
  • Diversity
/ ■ Describe examples of cultural sharing with respect to food, language and customs
2nd Grade / 2nd Nine Weeks
Topic / Lessons / #of lessons / Strand / Content Statement / Comments / Vocabulary / Performance Skills
Spatial Thinking and Skills / Unit 2
Les 1, 2
Two Lesson on student Map Making / 4 or 5 / Geography / #5 Maps and their symbols can be interpreted to answer questions about location of places. /
  • Map Symbols
  • Landforms
  • Bodies of Water
  • Map Key
/ ■ Describe the information provided on electronic and print maps using the map and its symbols.
■ Construct a map that includes a map title and key.
Places and Regions / Unit 2
Les 4
OHConnection on
pp. 105A-B
Unit 3
Les 2 / 2 / Geography / #6 The work that people do is impacted by the distinctive human and physical characteristics in the place where they live. / Supplement with student text set:
Times Change: At Work Long Ago and Today /
  • Language
  • Religion
  • Population
  • Climate
  • Landforms
/ ■ Explain connections between the work people do and the human and physical characteristics in they place where they live.
Human Systems / Unit 3
Les 1&3 / 2 / Geography / #7 Human activities alter the physical environment, both positively and negatively /
  • Pollution
  • Dams
  • Environment
/ ■ Describe positive and negative results of human change to the physical environment
1st Grade / 3rd Nine Weeks
Topic / Lessons / #of lessons / Strand / Content Statement / Comments / Vocabulary / Performance Skills / Concepts
Historical Thinking and Skills / Unit 4
“Chart and
Graph Skills” pp. 192-193
Create Student Time-lines
Unit 5
“Chart and Graph Skills” pp. 250-251
w/
Math Chapter 15 / 2
2 / History / #1 Time can be shown graphically on calendars and time lines. / Students will create personal or
historical timeline.
Use Harcourt Math Chapter 15 for Calendar Skills. /
  • Calendar
  • Day
  • Week
  • Month
  • Timeline
/
  • List the days of the week and months of the year in order.
  • Measure calendar time days, weeks, months and years.
  • Place a series of events in chronological order

Historical Thinking and Skills / Unit 4
Les 1
Times Change: At Work Long Ago and Today / 2 / History / #2 Change over time can be shown with artifacts, maps and photograph / Supplement with students text set:
Times Change: At Work Long Ago and Today /
  • Artifact
  • Maps
  • Photographs
/ ■Use artifacts, maps and photos to describe how daily life has changed over time.
Historical Thinking and Skills / Unit 3
Les 4
Times Change: At Home Long Ago and Today / 2 / History / #3 Science and technology have changed daily life. / Supplement with students text set:
Times Change: At Home Long Ago and Today /
  • Mail
  • Cell phones
  • Texting
  • Email
  • Social Networking
  • Transportation
/ ■ Describe how science and technology has changed daily life, using examples.
Historical Thinking and Skills / Pick 1 or 2 Bios from the text using index p.R42
(option—biography, narrative, photo, essay, etc. related to student/other) / 1 or more / History / #3 Biographies can show how peoples’ actions have shaped the world in which we live. /
  • Biography
/ ■ Use information from a biography to describe how individual actions have shaped the world in which we live.
1st Grade / 4th Nine Weeks
Topic / Lessons / #of lessons / Strand / Content Statement / Comments / Vocabulary / Performance Skills / Concepts
Markets / Unit 6
Les 1
“Chart and Graph
Skills” pp. 280-281 / 1 / Economics / #1 People use money to buy and sell goods and services.
#13 Information displayed on bar graphs can be used to compare quantities. /
  • Goods
  • Services
  • Money
  • Bar graph
  • Quantities
  • Compare
/ ■ Explain how people buy and sell goods and services.
■ Construct a bar graph to compare quantities.
Financial Literacy / Unit 6
Les 2
Student reports and/or presentations on a career / 4 / Economics / #17 People earn income by working. /
  • Income
  • Earn
  • Savings
/ ■ Explain how people earn income.
Scarcity / Unit 6
Les 3
Student report
presentation
or other activity on natural resources / 4 / Economics / #14 Resources can be used in various ways. /
  • Resource
/ ■ Describe various uses for a resource.
Production and
Consumption / Unit 6
Les 4
(option—activity related to local serve providers or factories) / 1 or more / Economics / #3 Most people around the world work in jobs in which they produce specific goods and services. /
  • Goods
  • Services
/
  • Explain why most people work in jobs where specific goods and services are produced.