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Skills available for Arkansas second-grade social studies standards

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Civics

C.1 Students will understand the impact of origins, structures, and functions of institutions and laws on society and citizens. This includes personal civic rights, roles, responsibilities, and processes by which laws are made and amended.
- Civic and Political Institutions
  - C.1.2.1 Identify founding documents of the United States: Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Rights.
    - The Constitution (3-F.5)
    - The Bill of Rights (3-F.6)
  - C.1.2.2 Describe and classify roles and responsibilities of people in authority in communities which may include: school district (school superintendent and school board), city (mayor and city council), state (governor and General Assembly), and nation (president and Congress).
  - C.1.2.3 Explain the functions of government using local examples such as infrastructure, safety, and rules/laws.
- Participation and Deliberation
  - C.1.2.4 Explain the significance of state and national symbols, patriotic songs, and mottos: American flag, flag etiquette, Star Spangled Banner, recitation of Pledge of Allegiance, national motto ("In God we Trust"), state seal, Diana fritillary butterfly, fiddle, quartz, bauxite, and pink tomato.
    - Identify American symbols, landmarks, and monuments (2-E.1)
    - The American flag (2-E.2)
  - C.1.2.5 Describe roles and responsibilities of individuals in a democracy.
  - C.1.2.6 Discuss ways to build a consensus with a group when making a decision that can bring about change.
- Process, Rules, and Laws
  - C.1.2.7 Discuss how rules and laws impact students and communities which may include: school board, school handbook, and classroom expectations.
    - Rules and laws (1-A.1)
  - C.1.2.8 Compare successful and unsuccessful attempts to improve communities.
  - C.1.2.9 Identify ways people benefit from and are challenged by working together in response to problems.

Economics

E.1 Students will understand the impact of economic decision-making. This includes the exchange of goods and services; role of producers, consumers, and government in the marketplace; and growth, stability, and interdependence within a global economy.
- Economic Decision-Making
  - E.1.2.1 Explain examples of scarcity and opportunity cost.
    - Scarcity and choices (2-F.1)
  - E.1.2.2 Explain a decision related to the criteria of costs and benefits such as the cost-benefit decision model.
    - Scarcity and choices (2-F.1)
- Exchange and Markets
  - E.1.2.3 Discuss knowledge, skills, education, and experience (i.e., human capital) that workers need for jobs.
  - E.1.2.4 Identify ways human, natural, and capital resources come together to produce goods and services.
  - E.1.2.5 Describe ways markets exist in various places such as the home, physical location, and Internet.
- Growth and Stability
  - E.1.2.6 Explain the role of money in making exchange easier.
  - E.1.2.7 Describe reasons people save money in banks.
  - E.1.2.8 Explain benefits of public goods and services.
    - Purpose of government (2-D.1)
- Global Economy
  - E.1.2.9 Explain challenges that cause people in one country to trade goods and services with people in other countries.
    - Scarcity and choices (2-F.1)
  - E.1.2.10 Describe the process by which products are produced, transported, and sold, including the importance of the trucking industry. Products produced abroad and sold domestically may include: cars, crude oil, and computers. Products produced domestically in Arkansas and sold abroad include: transportation products like airplane parts, minerals such as bauxite, bromine, and gypsum, wood pulp, paper, and rice.
    - What is economics? (3-H.1)

Geography

G.1 Students will understand the purpose of geographic tools (e.g., maps, globes, charts, graphs) to understand, analyze, and explain human interaction with each other and with the environment. This includes the spatial characteristics and patterns of human settlement and connections between global regions.
- Geographic Representations
  - G.1.2.1 Interpret the information on a map of local places using map keys, symbols, intermediate directions, scale, and compass rose.
  - G.1.2.2 Describe the physical and human characteristics of a place using geographic tools such as maps, globes, and charts.
    - Introduction to Earth's land features (2-B.1)
    - Identify Earth's land features using photographs (2-B.2)
  - G.1.2.3 Create and label state and national maps using titles, symbols, legends, and a compass rose.
    - Read a map: cardinal directions (2-A.4)
    - Major U.S. cities (2-C.1)
- Human-Environment Interaction
  - G.1.2.4 Discuss the impact human choices have on the environment.
  - G.1.2.5 Describe ways people of different cultures shape and change the dynamics of a place or region.
  - G.1.2.6 Explain the influence of weather, climate, and physical characteristics on people's daily lives in a place or region.
    - Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas (2-C.2)
    - Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas (2-C.3)
- Spatial Patterns and Movement
  - G.1.2.7 Examine how natural resources such as timber, minerals, oil, coal, and natural gas influence human settlement.
    - Natural resources (2-F.2)
  - G.1.2.8 Compare and contrast reasons and methods that people, goods, and ideas move from place to place.
  - G.1.2.9 Identify various cultural groups that have come to Arkansas and where they settled.
- Global Interconnections
  - G.1.2.10 Examine how the products that are consumed and the traditions that are celebrated connect people to different parts of the world (e.g., raw materials, art, food, and culture).
  - G.1.2.11 Investigate ways natural and human-made disasters affect people locally, nationally, and globally.

History

H.1 Students will understand chronology, patterns of continuity, and change over time. This includes the contextualization of historical events and ways people gather, view, construct, and interpret historical evidence.
- Chronology, Change over time, Contextualization
  - H.1.2.1 Create historical narratives about a sequence of changes in a community or region over time using primary-source documents such as letters, stories, interviews with elders, photographs, maps, and artifacts. Events may include: founding of the town, development of schools or businesses, election of local and county leaders.
  - H.1.2.2 Create timelines to understand the development of a community or region including its founding and growth.
    - Use time-order words (1-L.3)
    - Introduction to timelines (1-L.4)
  - H.1.2.3 Compare life in a community past and present using maps, photographs, news stories, artifacts, or interviews (e.g., transportation, communication, recreation, jobs, and housing).
  - H.1.2.4 Investigate ways individuals, groups, and events have shaped a community.
  - H.1.2.5 Explain state and national historical symbols and landmarks and the people and events associated with them.
- Perspective, Evidence, Causation
  - H.1.2.6 Compare and contrast different accounts of the same historical event.
  - H.1.2.7 Sort or categorize information from different sources to answer a compelling question about a significant historical event or person from Arkansas or the United States.
  - H.1.2.8 Identify and compare characteristics and examples of primary and secondary sources (e.g., raw information and first-hand accounts such as interviews, records of events, maps, and artwork versus interpretations and second-hand information like newspaper articles, stories, and book reviews).

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Civics

C.1 Students will understand the impact of origins, structures, and functions of institutions and laws on society and citizens. This includes personal civic rights, roles, responsibilities, and processes by which laws are made and amended.

Civic and Political Institutions

C.1.2.1 Identify founding documents of the United States: Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Rights.

C.1.2.2 Describe and classify roles and responsibilities of people in authority in communities which may include: school district (school superintendent and school board), city (mayor and city council), state (governor and General Assembly), and nation (president and Congress).

C.1.2.3 Explain the functions of government using local examples such as infrastructure, safety, and rules/laws.

Participation and Deliberation

C.1.2.4 Explain the significance of state and national symbols, patriotic songs, and mottos: American flag, flag etiquette, Star Spangled Banner, recitation of Pledge of Allegiance, national motto ("In God we Trust"), state seal, Diana fritillary butterfly, fiddle, quartz, bauxite, and pink tomato.

C.1.2.5 Describe roles and responsibilities of individuals in a democracy.

C.1.2.6 Discuss ways to build a consensus with a group when making a decision that can bring about change.

Process, Rules, and Laws

C.1.2.7 Discuss how rules and laws impact students and communities which may include: school board, school handbook, and classroom expectations.

C.1.2.8 Compare successful and unsuccessful attempts to improve communities.

C.1.2.9 Identify ways people benefit from and are challenged by working together in response to problems.

Economics

E.1 Students will understand the impact of economic decision-making. This includes the exchange of goods and services; role of producers, consumers, and government in the marketplace; and growth, stability, and interdependence within a global economy.

Economic Decision-Making

E.1.2.1 Explain examples of scarcity and opportunity cost.

E.1.2.2 Explain a decision related to the criteria of costs and benefits such as the cost-benefit decision model.

Exchange and Markets

E.1.2.3 Discuss knowledge, skills, education, and experience (i.e., human capital) that workers need for jobs.

E.1.2.4 Identify ways human, natural, and capital resources come together to produce goods and services.

E.1.2.5 Describe ways markets exist in various places such as the home, physical location, and Internet.

Growth and Stability

E.1.2.6 Explain the role of money in making exchange easier.

E.1.2.7 Describe reasons people save money in banks.

E.1.2.8 Explain benefits of public goods and services.

Global Economy

E.1.2.9 Explain challenges that cause people in one country to trade goods and services with people in other countries.

Geography

Geographic Representations

G.1.2.1 Interpret the information on a map of local places using map keys, symbols, intermediate directions, scale, and compass rose.

G.1.2.2 Describe the physical and human characteristics of a place using geographic tools such as maps, globes, and charts.

G.1.2.3 Create and label state and national maps using titles, symbols, legends, and a compass rose.

Human-Environment Interaction

G.1.2.4 Discuss the impact human choices have on the environment.

G.1.2.5 Describe ways people of different cultures shape and change the dynamics of a place or region.

G.1.2.6 Explain the influence of weather, climate, and physical characteristics on people's daily lives in a place or region.

Spatial Patterns and Movement

G.1.2.7 Examine how natural resources such as timber, minerals, oil, coal, and natural gas influence human settlement.

G.1.2.8 Compare and contrast reasons and methods that people, goods, and ideas move from place to place.

G.1.2.9 Identify various cultural groups that have come to Arkansas and where they settled.

Global Interconnections

G.1.2.10 Examine how the products that are consumed and the traditions that are celebrated connect people to different parts of the world (e.g., raw materials, art, food, and culture).

G.1.2.11 Investigate ways natural and human-made disasters affect people locally, nationally, and globally.

History

H.1 Students will understand chronology, patterns of continuity, and change over time. This includes the contextualization of historical events and ways people gather, view, construct, and interpret historical evidence.

Chronology, Change over time, Contextualization

H.1.2.2 Create timelines to understand the development of a community or region including its founding and growth.

H.1.2.3 Compare life in a community past and present using maps, photographs, news stories, artifacts, or interviews (e.g., transportation, communication, recreation, jobs, and housing).

H.1.2.4 Investigate ways individuals, groups, and events have shaped a community.

H.1.2.5 Explain state and national historical symbols and landmarks and the people and events associated with them.

Perspective, Evidence, Causation

H.1.2.6 Compare and contrast different accounts of the same historical event.

H.1.2.7 Sort or categorize information from different sources to answer a compelling question about a significant historical event or person from Arkansas or the United States.

H.1.2.8 Identify and compare characteristics and examples of primary and secondary sources (e.g., raw information and first-hand accounts such as interviews, records of events, maps, and artwork versus interpretations and second-hand information like newspaper articles, stories, and book reviews).