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Skills available for Connecticut second-grade social studies standards

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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).