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SS.2.1 History

SS.2.1.1 Ask questions and discuss ideas taken from primary and secondary sources.
- SS.2.1.1.a Explain that the nature of history involves stories of the past preserved in various sources.
- SS.2.1.1.b Explain the past through primary and secondary sources.
- SS.2.1.1.c Explain the information conveyed by historical timelines.
- SS.2.1.1.d Identify community and regional historical artifacts and generate questions about their functions and significance.
- SS.2.1.1.e Create timelines to understand the development of important community traditions and events.
SS.2.1.2 People of various cultures influence neighborhoods and communities over time.
- SS.2.1.2.a Organize historical events of neighborhoods and/or communities chronologically.
- SS.2.1.2.b Compare and contrast neighborhoods and/or communities, both past and present, through their people and events.
  - Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas (2-A.10)
  - Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas (2-A.11)
- SS.2.1.2.c Give examples of people and events that brought important changes to a neighborhood and/or community.
- SS.2.1.2.d Compare and contrast the differences within one neighborhood and/or community.
  - Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas (2-A.10)
  - Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas (2-A.11)
- SS.2.1.2.e Analyze the interactions and contributions of various people and cultures that have lived in or migrated to neighborhoods and/or communities.

SS.2.2 Geography

SS.2.2.1 Use geographic terms and tools to describe places and spaces.
- SS.2.2.1.a Use map keys, legends, symbols, intermediate directions, and a compass rose to locate and describe spaces and places.
- SS.2.2.1.b Identify and locate various physical features on a map.
  - Introduction to Earth's land features (2-A.7)
  - Identify Earth's land features using photographs (2-A.8)
- SS.2.2.1.c Identify the hemispheres, equator, and poles on a globe.
- SS.2.2.1.d Identify and locate cultural, human, political, and natural features using map keys and legends.
SS.2.2.2 People in communities manage, modify, and depend on their environment.
- SS.2.2.2.a Explain how communities manage and use nonrenewable and renewable resources.
  - Natural resources (2-F.1)
- SS.2.2.2.b Explain how community is defined by physical boundaries and resources.
  - Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas (2-A.10)
- SS.2.2.2.c Explain why people settle in certain areas.
- SS.2.2.2.d Identify examples of how human activity influences cultural and environmental characteristics of a place over time.
  - Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas (2-A.10)
  - Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas (2-A.11)

SS.2.3 Economics

SS.2.3.1 Resources are scarce, so individuals may not have access to the goods and services they want.
- SS.2.3.1.a Explain scarcity.
- SS.2.3.1.b Identify goods and services and recognize examples of each.
  - Goods and services (2-F.2)
- SS.2.3.1.c Give examples of choices people make when resources are scarce.
- SS.2.3.1.d Identify possible solutions when there are limited resources and unlimited wants.
  - What is economics? (3-H.1)
SS.2.3.2 Investigate costs and benefits to make informed financial decisions (PFL).
- SS.2.3.2.a Assess priorities when making financial decisions.
- SS.2.3.2.b Classify goals as short-term or long-term.
- SS.2.3.2.c Differentiate the monetary value for a variety of goods and services.
  - Goods and services (2-F.2)
- SS.2.3.2.d Acknowledge that non-monetary value varies from person to person for goods and services.
  - Goods and services (2-F.2)
- SS.2.3.2.e Predict positive and negative consequences when making financial decisions.
- SS.2.3.2.f Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve word problems about making financial decisions.

SS.2.4 Civics

SS.2.4.1 Advocate for ideas to improve communities.
- SS.2.4.1.a Compare ways that people may express their ideas and viewpoints in ways that are effective and respectful to others.
- SS.2.4.1.b Analyze how people in diverse groups monitor and influence decisions in their community.
  - Purpose of government (2-C.1)
  - Local government (2-C.2)
- SS.2.4.1.c Describe ways in which you can take an active part in improving your school or community.
- SS.2.4.1.d Identify and compare examples of civic responsibilities that are important to privileged and marginalized individuals, families, and communities.
- SS.2.4.1.e Describe the characteristics that enable a community member to responsibly and effectively engage in the community.
SS.2.4.2 Identify and compare multiple ways that people understand and resolve conflicts and differences.
- SS.2.4.2.a Analyze ways that diverse individuals, groups and communities work through conflict and promote equality, justice, and responsibility.
- SS.2.4.2.b Compare examples of power and authority and identify strategies that could be used to address an imbalance.
- SS.2.4.2.c Identify and give examples of appropriate and inappropriate uses of power and the consequences.
- SS.2.4.2.d Demonstrate skills to understand and resolve conflicts or differences.

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SS.2.1 History

SS.2.1.1 Ask questions and discuss ideas taken from primary and secondary sources.

SS.2.1.1.a Explain that the nature of history involves stories of the past preserved in various sources.

SS.2.1.1.b Explain the past through primary and secondary sources.

SS.2.1.1.c Explain the information conveyed by historical timelines.

SS.2.1.1.d Identify community and regional historical artifacts and generate questions about their functions and significance.

SS.2.1.1.e Create timelines to understand the development of important community traditions and events.

SS.2.1.2 People of various cultures influence neighborhoods and communities over time.

SS.2.1.2.a Organize historical events of neighborhoods and/or communities chronologically.

SS.2.1.2.b Compare and contrast neighborhoods and/or communities, both past and present, through their people and events.

SS.2.1.2.c Give examples of people and events that brought important changes to a neighborhood and/or community.

SS.2.1.2.d Compare and contrast the differences within one neighborhood and/or community.

SS.2.1.2.e Analyze the interactions and contributions of various people and cultures that have lived in or migrated to neighborhoods and/or communities.

SS.2.2 Geography

SS.2.2.1 Use geographic terms and tools to describe places and spaces.

SS.2.2.1.a Use map keys, legends, symbols, intermediate directions, and a compass rose to locate and describe spaces and places.

SS.2.2.1.b Identify and locate various physical features on a map.

SS.2.2.1.c Identify the hemispheres, equator, and poles on a globe.

SS.2.2.1.d Identify and locate cultural, human, political, and natural features using map keys and legends.

SS.2.2.2 People in communities manage, modify, and depend on their environment.

SS.2.2.2.a Explain how communities manage and use nonrenewable and renewable resources.

SS.2.2.2.b Explain how community is defined by physical boundaries and resources.

SS.2.2.2.c Explain why people settle in certain areas.

SS.2.2.2.d Identify examples of how human activity influences cultural and environmental characteristics of a place over time.

SS.2.3 Economics

SS.2.3.1 Resources are scarce, so individuals may not have access to the goods and services they want.

SS.2.3.1.a Explain scarcity.

SS.2.3.1.b Identify goods and services and recognize examples of each.

SS.2.3.1.c Give examples of choices people make when resources are scarce.

SS.2.3.1.d Identify possible solutions when there are limited resources and unlimited wants.

SS.2.3.2 Investigate costs and benefits to make informed financial decisions (PFL).

SS.2.3.2.a Assess priorities when making financial decisions.

SS.2.3.2.b Classify goals as short-term or long-term.

SS.2.3.2.c Differentiate the monetary value for a variety of goods and services.

SS.2.3.2.d Acknowledge that non-monetary value varies from person to person for goods and services.

SS.2.3.2.e Predict positive and negative consequences when making financial decisions.

SS.2.3.2.f Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve word problems about making financial decisions.

SS.2.4 Civics

SS.2.4.1 Advocate for ideas to improve communities.

SS.2.4.1.a Compare ways that people may express their ideas and viewpoints in ways that are effective and respectful to others.

SS.2.4.1.b Analyze how people in diverse groups monitor and influence decisions in their community.

SS.2.4.1.c Describe ways in which you can take an active part in improving your school or community.

SS.2.4.1.d Identify and compare examples of civic responsibilities that are important to privileged and marginalized individuals, families, and communities.

SS.2.4.1.e Describe the characteristics that enable a community member to responsibly and effectively engage in the community.

SS.2.4.2 Identify and compare multiple ways that people understand and resolve conflicts and differences.

SS.2.4.2.a Analyze ways that diverse individuals, groups and communities work through conflict and promote equality, justice, and responsibility.

SS.2.4.2.b Compare examples of power and authority and identify strategies that could be used to address an imbalance.

SS.2.4.2.c Identify and give examples of appropriate and inappropriate uses of power and the consequences.

SS.2.4.2.d Demonstrate skills to understand and resolve conflicts or differences.