Iowa

Inquiry Standards

• Inquiry Practice: Develop Questions and Plan Inquiries

  • SS.2.1 Generate questions about a topic and plan how to learn more, using sources.

• Inquiry Practice: Gather, Interpret, and Evaluate Sources

  • SS.2.2 Gather information from different sources and explain what they show about a topic.

• Inquiry Practice: Claims and Evidence

  • SS.2.3 Share facts and opinions about a topic and support them with evidence from sources.

    • Identify facts and opinions (2-I.)

• Inquiry Practice: Communicate Conclusions

  • SS.2.4 Construct responses to questions using reasoning, examples, and relevant details.

• Inquiry Practice: Civic Engagement and Participation

  • SS.2.5 Describe ways people make a difference in their community.

    • Good citizenship (2)

Culture and History of Native Americans in Iowa

• Geography: Human-Environment Interaction

  • SS.2.6 Explain how environmental characteristics shaped the locations and unique cultures of Native Americans in Iowa.

• History: Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.2.7 Compare life in the past to life today within different communities and cultural groups, including Native American communities.

    • Then and now: transportation and communication (2)
    • Then and now: home and school (2)
    • Then and now: work and play (2)

• Geography: Human-Environment Interaction

  • SS.2.8 Analyze the movement of different groups in and out of Iowa, including the removal and return of Native American people.

• History: Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.2.9 Describe the contributions of Native American leaders in their homelands and in their communities today.

Iowa Communities: Past and Present

• History: Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.2.10 Explain ways that communities within the state of Iowa have changed over time.

• History: Comparison and Corroboration

  • SS.2.11 Compare perspectives from the past to the present.

    • Then and now: transportation and communication (2)
    • Then and now: home and school (2)
    • Then and now: work and play (2)

• History: Multiple Perspectives

  • SS.2.12 Describe the perspectives and contributions of individuals associated with the community or state in the past and present.

• History: Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.2.13 Describe significant events in the history of the local community or state.

Iowa: What Makes Us Unique?

• Civics/Government: Role and Systems of Government

  • SS.2.14 Explain the roles of elected local and state officials.

    • Local government (2-D.2)
    • State government (2-D.3)

• Civics/Government: Constitutional Principles and Civic Virtues

  • SS.2.15 Describe symbols, places, or landmarks that make Iowa unique.

• Geography: Places and Regions

  • SS.2.16 Compare and contrast local environmental characteristics to that of other parts of the state of Iowa.

• Geography: Human-Environment Interaction

  • SS.2.17 Describe Iowa's natural resources and the consequences of using these resources.

    • Natural resources (2-F.2)

Saving and Spending (Financial Literacy)

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Financial and Career Goals

  • SS.2.18 Describe ways people can earn, spend and borrow money.

    • Goods and services (2-F.3)
    • Producers and consumers (2-F.4)
    • Jobs in the community (2-F.5)

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Saving, Spending, and Investing

  • SS.2.19 Explain why and how people save money.

  • SS.2.20 Identify different ways to make amounts of money out of coins and bills.