New Hampshire

CV Civics and Governments

• SS:CV:1 The Nature and Purpose of Government

  • SS:CV:2:1.1 Compare the rules to the classroom and school to the rules of the United States system of government.

  • SS:CV:2:1.2 Identify documents and symbols that embody the core ideals of the United States Government, e.g., the bald eagle, the Pledge of Allegiance.

    • Identify American symbols, landmarks, and monuments (2-D.1)
    • The American flag (2-D.2)
    • The White House (2-D.3)
    • The Washington Monument (2-D.4)
    • The Lincoln Memorial (2-D.5)
    • The Statue of Liberty (2-D.6)
    • The Empire State Building (2-D.7)
    • The Golden Gate Bridge (2-D.8)
    • Mount Rushmore (2-D.9)

  • SS:CV:2:1.3 Identify the basic purposes of state and national government.

    • Purpose of government (2-C.1)
    • State government (2-C.3)
    • Federal government (2-C.4)

  • SS:CV:2:1.4 Evaluate the effectiveness and fairness of rules and laws at the school level.

    • Purpose of government (2-C.1)

• SS:CV:2 Structure and Function of United States and New Hampshire Government

  • SS:CV:2:2.1 Explain how public officials are chosen.

    • Local government (2-C.2)
    • State government (2-C.3)
    • Federal government (2-C.4)
    • Presidential elections (3-E.8)

• SS:CV:3 The World and the United States' Place In It

  • SS:CV:2:3.1 Explain that the world is divided into different countries.

    • Identify oceans and continents (2-A.4)
    • Select oceans and continents (2-A.5)
    • Name oceans and continents (2-A.6)

  • SS:CV:2:3.2 Describe ways in which countries interact with each other culturally.

    • Día de los Muertos (2-E.1)
    • Thanksgiving (2-E.2)
    • Hanukkah (2-E.3)
    • Rosh Hashanah (2-E.4)
    • Kwanzaa (2-E.5)
    • Christmas (2-E.6)
    • Easter (2-E.7)
    • Lunar New Year (2-E.8)
    • Ramadan (2-E.9)
    • Holi (2-E.10)

  • SS:CV:2:3.3 Describe why it is important for countries to work together to resolve issues, e.g., disaster relief or famine.

• SS:CV:4 Rights and Responsibilities

  • SS:CV:2:4.1 Examine the responsibilities of individuals as members of a family, school and community, e.g., community helpers or chores at home and school.

  • SS:CV:2:4.2 Discuss ways individuals can be involved in their community, e.g., food drive or cleaning school grounds.

EC Economics

• SS:EC:1 Economics and the Individual

  • SS:EC:2:1.1 Define goods and services, producers and consumers.

    • Goods and services (2-F.2)
    • Producers and consumers (2-F.3)

  • SS:EC:2:1.2 Describe the steps and materials needed to make a product, e.g., milk or crayons.

    • Natural resources (2-F.1)

• SS:EC:2 Basic Economic Concepts

  • SS:EC:2:2.1 Distinguish between needs and wants.

• SS:EC:4 Financial Institutions and the Government

  • SS:EC:2:4.1 Identify the characteristics of money.

  • SS:EC:2:4.2 Describe basic services banks or other financial institutions provide to consumers, savers, borrowers, and businesses.

• SS:EC:5 International Economics and Trade

  • SS:EC:2:5.1 Define the term resources, e.g., trees, books.

    • Natural resources (2-F.1)

GE Geography

• SS:GE:1 The World in Spatial Terms

  • SS:GE:2:1.1 Identify the characteristics and purposes of globes and maps.

    • Read a map: cardinal directions (2-A.3)

  • SS:GE:2:1.2 Introduce spatial information on maps and other geographic representations, e.g., map key, compass rose.

    • Read a letter-number grid (2-A.1)
    • Use a letter-number grid (2-A.2)
    • Read a map: cardinal directions (2-A.3)

  • SS:GE:2:1.3 Identify major physical and human features in the United States and on Earth, e.g., cities, oceans, or continents.

    • Identify oceans and continents (2-A.4)
    • Select oceans and continents (2-A.5)
    • Name oceans and continents (2-A.6)
    • Introduction to Earth's land features (2-A.7)
    • Identify Earth's land features using photographs (2-A.8)
    • Major U.S. cities (2-A.9)
    • Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas (2-A.10)
    • Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas (2-A.11)

• SS:GE:2 Places and Regions

  • SS:GE:2:2.1 Explore the physical and human characteristics of place, e.g., roads, schools or mountains.

    • Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas (2-A.10)
    • Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas (2-A.11)

  • SS:GE:2:2.2 Recognize that areas of the Earth's surface share unifying geographic characteristics, e.g., towns, deserts or woodlands.

    • Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas (2-A.10)
    • Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas (2-A.11)

  • SS:GE:2:2.3 Observe the ways in which different people perceive places, e.g., personal drawings or book illustrations.

• SS:GE:3 Physical Systems

  • SS:GE:2:3.1 Investigate how the Earth-Sun relationship affects our daily lives, e.g., seasons in New Hampshire or sunlight and shadows.

  • SS:GE:2:3.2 Explore the components and distribution of ecosystems, e.g., desert or rain forest.

• SS:GE:4 Human Systems

  • SS:GE:2:4.1 Explore the distribution of a population, e.g., city or farm.

    • Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas (2-A.10)
    • Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas (2-A.11)

  • SS:GE:2:4.2 Identify what are natural resources, e.g., water or trees.

    • Natural resources (2-F.1)

• SS:GE:5 Environment and Society

  • SS:GE:2:5.1 Recognize the role of natural resources in daily life, e.g., food, clothing, or shelter.

    • Natural resources (2-F.1)

  • SS:GE:2:5.2 Investigate how people use resources, e.g., building homes or the food they eat.

    • Natural resources (2-F.1)

HI New Hampshire and United States History

• SS:HI:1 Political Foundations and Development

  • SS:HI:2:1.1 Identify national and New Hampshire celebrations, monuments, symbols and documents, e.g., flags, Fourth of July, Lincoln Memorial, Constitution.

    • Identify American symbols, landmarks, and monuments (2-D.1)
    • The American flag (2-D.2)
    • The White House (2-D.3)
    • The Washington Monument (2-D.4)
    • The Lincoln Memorial (2-D.5)
    • The Statue of Liberty (2-D.6)
    • The Empire State Building (2-D.7)
    • The Golden Gate Bridge (2-D.8)
    • Mount Rushmore (2-D.9)
    • Thanksgiving (2-E.2)
    • The Constitution (3-E.5)

• SS:HI:2 Contacts, Exchanges & International Relations

  • SS:HI:2:2.1 Recognize that the world is interconnected, e.g., trade or transportation.

• SS:HI:3 World Views and Value systems and their Intellectual and Artistic Expressions

  • SS:HI:2:3.1 Identify individuals and/or groups who have profoundly affected life in the United States, e.g., Abraham Lincoln, or Pilgrims.

    • Benjamin Franklin (2-B.1)
    • Paul Revere (2-B.2)
    • Thomas Jefferson (2-B.3)
    • Davy Crockett (2-B.4)
    • John Deere (2-B.5)
    • Abraham Lincoln (2-B.6)
    • Frederick Douglass (2-B.7)
    • Susan B. Anthony (2-B.8)
    • Harriet Tubman (2-B.9)
    • Sitting Bull (2-B.10)
    • Thomas Edison (2-B.11)
    • Theodore Roosevelt (2-B.12)
    • George Washington Carver (2-B.13)
    • Amelia Earhart (2-B.14)
    • Thurgood Marshall (2-B.15)
    • Rosa Parks (2-B.16)
    • Jackie Robinson (2-B.17)
    • Cesar Chavez (2-B.18)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. (2-B.19)
    • Neil Armstrong (2-B.20)
    • Bill Gates (2-B.21)

  • SS:HI:2:3.2 Explore art, music and literature of various time periods, e.g., spirituals or Native American Art.

  • SS:HI:2:3.3 Recognize that groups have enhanced art, music and literature of our nation, e.g., African American or Irish.

• SS:HI:4 Economic Systems & Technology

  • SS:HI:2:4.1 Identify different segments of the United States economy, e.g., farm, manufacturing, or retail.

• SS:HI:5 Social/Cultural

  • SS:HI:2:5.1 Identify how the lives of women and children have changed over time in our country.

    • Susan B. Anthony (2-B.8)
    • Harriet Tubman (2-B.9)
    • Amelia Earhart (2-B.14)
    • Rosa Parks (2-B.16)

  • SS:HI:2:5.2 Identify the concept of diversity.

    • Abraham Lincoln (2-B.6)
    • Frederick Douglass (2-B.7)
    • Susan B. Anthony (2-B.8)
    • Harriet Tubman (2-B.9)
    • Sitting Bull (2-B.10)
    • Thurgood Marshall (2-B.15)
    • Rosa Parks (2-B.16)
    • Jackie Robinson (2-B.17)
    • Cesar Chavez (2-B.18)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. (2-B.19)

WH World History and Contemporary Issues

• SS:WH:1 Political Foundations and Developments

  • SS:WH:2:1.1 Recognize that people of different countries have different social and political systems.

• SS:WH:3 World Views and Value systems and their Intellectual and Artistic Expressions

  • SS:WH:2:3.1 Explore ways that societies around the world express themselves artistically, e.g., songs, dance or clothing.

• SS:WH:5 Social/Cultural

  • SS:WH:2:5.1 Identify the concepts of values and beliefs.