Oklahoma

Civics

• 2.1 The student will explain the importance of the basic principles that provide the foundation of the American system of government.

  • 2.1.1 Describe the Constitution of the United States as the structure for our national government.

    • The Constitution (3-E.5)

  • 2.1.2 Summarize the five key individual rights and liberties protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

  • 2.1.3 Explain how active citizens participate in the government by voting to elect officials that represent them.

    • Local government (2-C.2)
    • State government (2-C.3)
    • Federal government (2-C.4)

  • 2.1.4 Identify the basic roles of national leaders including the President of the United States, the members of the United States Congress, and the justices of the Supreme Court.

    • Federal government (2-C.4)

  • 2.1.5 Explain how all people can play an important role in their community.

    • Purpose of government (2-C.1)

Geography

• 2.2 The student will describe the physical and human characteristics of their environment.

  • 2.2.1 Construct basic maps using cardinal directions and map symbols.

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

  • 2.2.2 Describe absolute and relative location using latitude, longitude, and hemispheres on basic maps and globes.

  • 2.2.3 Use political maps to locate the state of Oklahoma and the six bordering states.

    • Identify states of the Midwest (3-B.4)
    • Select states of the Midwest (3-B.5)
    • Name states of the Midwest (3-B.6)

  • 2.2.4 Identify and locate basic landforms, bodies of water, continents, and oceans on a map.

    • 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)

  • 2.2.5 Describe how communities modify the environment to meet their needs.

  • 2.2.6 Describe customs, traditions, clothing, food, housing, and music as basic elements of various cultures represented within the local community.

    • 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)

History

• 2.3 The student will examine the lives of notable Americans who expanded peoples' rights and freedoms through our history.

  • 2.3.1 Analyze the contributions of people and groups who have shaped our history and who are honored by holidays and commemorative months.

    • Thomas Jefferson (2-B.3)
    • 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)
    • Theodore Roosevelt (2-B.12)
    • George Washington Carver (2-B.13)
    • 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)
    • Thanksgiving (2-E.2)

  • 2.3.2 Compare perspectives of people in the past to people in the present.

  • 2.3.3 Compare different accounts of the same historical event using primary and secondary sources.

  • 2.3.4 Explain possible reasons for events in the past.

Economics

• 2.4 The student will understand basic economic concepts in the American economy.

  • 2.4.1 Explain the importance of supply and demand in the consumer and producer relationship.

    • Producers and consumers (2-F.3)
    • Understand overall supply and demand (3-I.2)

  • 2.4.2 Explain how barter and trade can lead to interdependence among communities.

  • 2.4.3 Describe the connection between taxes and community services, including schools, sanitation and water, fire and police protection, parks and recreation, libraries, and roads.

    • Purpose of government (2-C.1)

  • 2.4.4 Describe how setting goals and creating a budget helps people pay for things they need and want.