Second Grade Social Studies Assessmentblueprint Aligned to State Standards
Second Grade Social Studies AssessmentBlueprint Aligned to State Standards
Theme / Strand / P.O. / # / Alternative Questions / Correct AnswerEconomics / SS02-S5C5-01 / Discuss the costs and benefits of personal savings / 1 / Which of the following is a benefit of having a savings account? / Having a personal savings account helps you make sure you have money to buy something you really want
When you open a savings account, you give the _____ your money. / bank
When you save money at the bank, the bank gives you______/ extra money called interest.
Government/Civics / SS02-S3C4-03 / Describe the importance of students contributing to the community / 2 / Which of the following is an example of how you could contribute to your community? / Collecting canned food to give to the local food bank.
When you and your family volunteer to serve dinner at a homeless shelter, you are ______/ contributing to your community
History / SS02- S3C1-01 / Describe the history and meaning of national symbols –Liberty Bell / 3 / The Liberty Bell stands for _____ / Freedom
Which of the following explains why the Liberty Bell is special to all Americans? / People rang the bell after the Declaration of Independence was signed, which meant we were free from England.
Government/Civics / SS02-S3C4-02 / Describe the responsibilities of citizenship – display good sportsmanship / 4 / If you and your friends disagree on how to play a game, what should you do? / Ask someone who knows the rules of the game to help everyone agree.
Following the rules of a game helps everyone to display_____ / good citizenship or good sportsmanship
Geography / SS02-S4C1-04 / Construct tally charts and pictographs to display geographic information / 5 / Look at the chart above.
How many of the students in Mrs. Smith’s class were born in Arizona? / Teacher creates chart which reflects six students were born in Arizona.
(Create a chart which shows the number of lakes in four different states)
Which state has the greatest number of lakes? / Answers will vary according to what states are featured in the chart.
Economics / SS02-S5C1-06 / Recognize that some goods are made in the local community and some are made in other parts of the world / 6 / Steve’s baseball glove is stamped with the words “Made in China.”
What do these words mean? / It means the baseball glove was made in the United States.
Study this chart carefully. Where are the items in this chart made?
(Create a chart that illustrates common items and the countries from which they are made) / Some of the items are made in Arizona and other items are made from countries around the world.
World History / SS02-S1C5-02 / Identify reasons why people in the United States moved westward / 7 / Which of the following is a reason people wanted to move westward? / They wanted to find land to farm.
Why did the Native Americans move to reservations? / The government made them move to reservations because they fought with the settlers over land.
Many people moved west in the 1800’s in search of _____ / Insert land or better economic
opportunities
Economics / SS02-S5C1-07 / Describe how people can be both producers and consumers of goods and services / 8 / When Heidi buys a doll at the store she is a ______. / consumer
Bob makes kites to sell at yard sales. Bob is a______. / producer
David’s dad builds houses and buys groceries from the local store.
Which of the following is true about David’s dad? / David’s dad is both a producer and a consumer.
Research Skill / SS02-S1C1-04 / Use primary resource materials to study people and events from the past / 9 / Nancy is looking at a picture of Betsy Ross making the first flag. This picture was drawn by someone who helped make the flag. What type of resource is the picture? / Primary resource
This is a picture of the Declaration of Independence. Which of the following describes how it was made? / The Declaration of Independence was written by hand.
History / SS02-S3C1-03 / Describe the significance of national holidays. / 10 / Which of the following describes why we celebrate Memorial Day? / It is a time when we think about all the soldiers who died for our country.
The holiday where we stop and think about all the soldiers who died for our country is called______. / Memorial Day
History / SS02-S3C1-03 / Describe the history and meaning of national symbols Allegiance / 11 / When we say the Pledge of Allegiance we are… / showing respect for our country.
The Pledge of Allegiance is a ______/ way of telling people how much we care about our country.
Geography / SS02-S1C5-04 / Describe how new forms of transportation impacted westward expansion of the United States / 12 / Which of the following made it easier to transport goods and people westward? / Railroads
Describe how new forms of communication impacted westward expansion of the United States. / How did the telegraph help people move westward? / The telegraph made it easier for people to communicate with one another.
Government/Civics / SS02-S3C4-02 / Describe the rights and responsibilities of citizenship – voting / 13 / Which of the following is an example of someone showing they are a good citizen? / Kathy and John are voting for a class president.
Describe the rights and responsibilities of citizenship – following rules / Janet’s school principal has asked all of the students to walk quietly in the hallways. When the students follow her rule, they are… / showing they are good citizens.
Economics / SS02-S5C1-05 / Compare the use of barter and money in the exchange of goods and services / 14 / When you barter for something, you…. / are giving the other person something they want instead of money.
When you trade your toy car for candy, you are… / bartering.
World History / SS02-S4C2-04 / Discuss the ways places and regions change over time. / 15 / Which of the following describes how a city changes over time? / New buildings and offices are built over a ten year time span.
Which of the following describes how a neighborhood could change over time? / Some families move away from the neighborhood and other families move into the neighborhood.
Economics / SS02-S4C5-01 / Identify ways humans depend upon the earth. / 16 / How do people depend on the earth? / Farmers grow plants to eat in the earth.
When people take time to recycle, they are … / reducing the amount of pollution on the earth
When we build roads on the earth, we are… / modifying the earth for human purposes.
Skills / SS02-S1C1-04
SS02-S2C1-04 / Use primary resource materials to study people and events from the past / 17 / Look at this picture (direct students to picture of your
choice)
What does this picture tell you about pioneer life? / Answers will vary according to
picture.
Geography / SS02-S4C1-02 / Interpret physical maps using a legend / 18 / How far is it from ______to ______? Use your pencil to measure. / Answers will vary.
Geography / SS02-S4C1-02 / Interpret physical maps using a legend / 19 / (Show students a neighborhood map containing a legend.
What does this symbol (teacher inserts symbol of choice) mean? / Answers will vary upon map choice and teacher choice of symbol
History / SS02-S3C1-01 / Describe the history and meaning of national symbols – American bald eagle / 20 / Why did we choose the American bald eagle as our national bird? / The American bald eagle is strong and brave.
Which of the following explains why the American bald eagle is our national bird? / The American bald eagle tells other countries we are strong and brave.
History / SS02-S3C1-01 / Describe the history and meaning of national symbols
Alternative Question – White House Focus / 21 / Why is the White House an important symbol for our country? / The White House is where the president of the Untied States lives.
When people look at a picture of the White House… / they think about the president of the United States.
History / SS02-S3C1-01 / Describe the history and meaning of national symbols / 22 / Why are national symbols important to Americans? / These symbols tell other countries what Americans value.
History / SS02-S3C1-03 / Describe the significance of national holidays – Fourth of July / 23 / Which of the following is the holiday when we celebrate America’s freedom from England? / The Fourth of July
When do we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence? / We celebrate on the Fourth of July.
Economics / SS02-S5C1-01 / Discuss how scarcity requires people to make choices due to unlimited needs and wants with limited resources / 24 / Brittany has $7.00 dollars. She wants to buy two toys that cost more than $7.00. What decision does Brittany need to make? / Brittany needs to decide which toy she wants the most.
Jake spent all of his allowance on a toy. He wants to buy another toy. What does Jake need to do? / Jake needs to earn
More money before he can buy the toy.
World History / SS02-S1C5-01 / Identify the reasons for immigration to the United States / 25 / What is one of the reasons people wanted to live in America? / They wanted freedom to worship any way they liked.
People from other countries came to live in America because______/ they wanted to make a better life for themselves and their families.
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