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Skills available for Connecticut second-grade social studies standards

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2.Inq Inquiry

  • Dimension 1 - Develop Questions and Plan Inquiries

    • 2.Inq.1.a Explain why a compelling question about a significant person, event, or issue in a community is important to the student.

    • 2.Inq.1.b Identify facts and concepts related to compelling and supporting questions.

    • 2.Inq.1.c Determine the kinds of sources that will be helpful in answering compelling and supporting questions.

  • Dimension 2 - Apply Disciplinary Concepts and Tools

  • Dimension 3 - Evaluate Sources and Use Evidence

    • 2.Inq.3.a Gather relevant information from one or two sources about a significant person, event, or issue in a community while using origin and structure to guide the selection.

    • 2.Inq.3.b Evaluate a source by distinguishing between fact and opinion.

  • Dimension 4 - Communicate Conclusions and Take Informed Action

    • 2.Inq.4.a Construct arguments with reasons.

    • 2.Inq.4.b Construct explanations using correct sequence and relevant information.

    • 2.Inq.4.c Ask and answer questions about arguments and explanations.

    • 2.Inq.4.d Present a summary of an argument using print, oral, or digital technologies.

    • 2.Inq.4.e Identify and explain a range of local, regional, and global problems, and some ways in which people can and are trying to address these problems.

    • 2.Inq.4.f Use listening, consensus-building, and voting procedures to take action in the classroom.

2-1 Working Together as a Community

2-2 Leadership Past and Present

2-3 Decision-Making in our World

  • 2.Geo.4.a Explain how climate, weather, and environmental characteristics influence the decisions people make in their community (e.g., infrastructure, land use, natural resource extraction, water use).

  • 2.Eco.1.a Explain how scarcity and abundance influences decision-making in the community (e.g., budgeting, rationing).

  • 2.Eco.7.a Explain the costs of making goods within a community (e.g., labor, raw materials, transportation, infrastructure, supply and demand).

  • 2.Eco.12.a Describe examples of goods and services the government provides (e.g., education, healthcare, roads, sewers, libraries, safety).

  • 2.Eco.13.a Describe the types of human and physical capital resources used by governments and businesses to respond to community needs (e.g., education, machinery, skilled labor, training, transportation, workplaces).

  • 2.Civ.14.a Describe how people have tried to improve communities to meet the needs of and create more equity for residents both past and present (e.g., greenspaces, safety laws, zoning, affordable housing, support for immigrant families).