WHCSD Scope and Sequence
Grade 2
Social Studies
2016-2017
Grade 2 Social Studies Scope and Sequence
COURSE OVERVIEW & TIMING
This section is designed to help you see the flow of the units/topics across the entire school year.
Unit
Unit Length
Unit 1:
Government
1st Quarter
Unit 2:
History
2nd Quarter
Unit 3:
Geography
3rd Quarter
Unit 4:
Economics
4th Quarter
OVERALL COURSE TIMING
This section is designed to help you compare the number of available instructional days to the number of days accounted for in
the Scope and Sequence.
Course Length
Total number of instructional days in school year:
Total number of instructional days for all units included in Scope and Sequence:
176
84
WHCSD Scope and Sequence
Grade 2
Social Studies
FIRST QUARTER: Government
This unit focuses on personal accountability and how choices and actions impact our society.
During this unit scholars will learn how rules and laws play an important role in guiding
behavior, and how there are different rules for different settings.
2016-2017
Resources
UNIT 1 LENGTH:
Days/Weeks
23
UNIT 1 STANDARDS
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2.GOV.10
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2.GOV.11
2.GOV.12
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2.RI.1
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2.RI.5
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Personal accountability includes making responsible choices, taking responsibility for
personal actions and respecting others.
Groups are accountable for choices they make and actions they take.
There are different rules that govern behavior in different settings..
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Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to
demonstrate understanding of key details in non-fiction text.
Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries,
indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
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Spiraling
SECOND QUARTER: History
This unit examines how daily life has changed over time. By the end of this unit students will be able to
describe a series of events using timelines. They should also be able to use resources to describe how
historical events have impacted our world.
ODE Model
Curriculum
Ohio Resource
Center (Ohiorc.org):
http://www.ohiorc.org/
for/socialstudies/
Wonders
Reading/Writing
Workshop- Page 334,
Essential QuestionWhat do good
citizens do?
Text features- page
268, (map, map key)
238, (sidebar)
368, 92, 454 (charts)
426, 158, 190
(subheadings,
diagrams and labels)
142, (headings)
222, 252
(photos/captions,
graphs)
Resources
UNIT 2 LENGTH:
Days/Weeks
16
UNIT 3 STANDARDS
Spiraling
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2.H.1
2.H.2
2.H.3
2.H.4
Time can be shown graphically on calendars and timelines.
Change over time can be shown with artifacts, maps, and photographs.
Science and technology have changed daily life.
Biographies can show how peoples’ actions have shaped the world in which
we live.
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2.RI.1
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2.RI.5
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to
demonstrate understanding of key details in non-fiction text.
Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings,
glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information
in a text efficiently.
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
ODE Model Curriculum
Ohio Resource Center
(Ohiorc.org):
http://www.ohiorc.org/for
/socialstudies/
Wonders
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Cesar
Chavez page 368
Story Elements- 45,
128, 164, 234, 86,
196,123-125, 19, 334,
362, 324, 54, 348, 451,
316, 100, 333, 456
Text features- page 268,
(map, map key)
238, (sidebar)
368, 92, 454 (charts)
426, 158, 190
(subheadings, diagrams
and labels)
142, (headings)
222, 252
(photos/captions,
graphs)
WHCSD Scope and Sequence
Grade 2
Social Studies
THIRD QUARTER: Geography
This unit examines the relationships among people, places, and environments. During this unit
students will explore how characteristics of humans and places impact people’s work, physical
environment, and culture. Students will also be able to understand and interpret information on maps.
2016-2017
Resources
UNIT 3 LENGTH:
Days/Weeks
25
UNIT 2 STANDARDS
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2.GEO.5
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2.GEO.6
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2.GEO.7
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2.GEO.8
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2.GEO.9
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2.RI.1
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2.RI.5
Maps and their symbols can be interpreted to answer questions about
location of places.
The work that people do is impacted by the distinctive human and physical
characteristics in the place where they live.
Human activities alter the physical environment, both positively and
negatively.
Cultures develop in unique ways, in part through the influence of the physical
environment.
Interactions among cultures lead to sharing ways of life.
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
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to
demonstrate understanding of key details in non-fiction text.
Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings,
glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information
in a text efficiently.


Spiraling
FOURTH QUARTER: Economics
In this unit students will explore why people work in jobs where goods and services are produced, and how
people use income. They will be able to describe the uses of resources and utilize graphs to compare data.
UNIT 4
LENGTH:
Days/Weeks
20
ODE Model Curriculum
Ohio Resource Center
(Ohiorc.org):
http://www.ohiorc.org/for
/socialstudies/
Maps:
http://education.national
geographic.com/educati
on/mapping/interactivemap/?ar_a=1
Wonders
Reading/Writing
Workshop- 440, (map)
263, 267, (land features)
268, (map, map key)
238, (sidebar)
368, 92, 454 (chart)
282, (bold print)
426, 190 (subheadings,
diagrams)
158, (diagram and
labels) 142, (headings)
222,
252(photos/captions)
Resources
UNIT 4 STANDARDS
Spiraling
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2.E.13
2.E.14
2.E.15
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2.E.16
2.E.17
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2.RI.1
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2.RI.5
Information displayed on bar graphs can be used to compare quantities.
Resources can be used in various ways.
Most people around the world work in jobs in which they produce specific
goods and services.
People use money to buy and sell goods and services.
People earn income by working.
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to
demonstrate understanding of key details in non-fiction text.
Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings,
glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information
in a text efficiently.
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ODE Model Curriculum
Ohio Resource Center
(Ohiorc.org):
http://www.ohiorc.org/for
/socialstudies/
Econlinkhttp://www.econedlink.or
g/lessons/index.php?lid
=564&type=educator
Wonders Reading
Writing Workshop:
252, 454, bar graph
Money-444-450, 457,
217, 84-85, 88-89,92 ,
331, 370-371
Story Elements- 45,
128, 164, 234, 86,
196,123-125, 19, 334,
362, 324, 54, 348, 451,
316, 100, 333, 456
Text features- page 268,
(map, map key)
238, (sidebar)
368, 92, 454 (charts)
426, 158, 190
(subheadings, diagrams
and labels)
142, (headings)
222, 252
(photos/captions,
graphs)