Second Grade FOCUS: Social Studies
Quarter 4
Thinking and Academic Success Skills: Persistence and Synthesis
April 3
June 13
What question do we ask ourselves?
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How do timelines and artifacts help you
understand history?
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How are events over time related?
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How do government leaders contribute to a
community?
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To understand how the actions of leaders affect
those they serve.
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To recognize relationships among events
How have actions of leaders contributed to
democratic ideas?
What words do we need to know to master the
objectives?
Authority
President
Communication
Constitution
Event
Memorial
Relationship
Rights
Society
Transportation
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What do we need to know and be able to do?
How will we master the objectives?
We work in cooperative small groups to
collaborate and determine how past events affect
people and communities today.
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We will create timelines to identify the important
events.
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We will work independently to research how
leaders of a community.
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We will write biographies.
What resources will we use?
Online resources
Informational texts
e-books
leveled readers
Biographies
Timeline templates
Social Studies textbook
Videos