Elmont UFSD- Social Studies Curriculum Map

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GRADE 2 Cover Page The Social Studies Curriculum Map is based on the New York State Social Studies Framework which was adopted by the Board of Regents in 2014. This approach integrates the New York State Common Core Learning Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy. Access the Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES (PNW BOCES) website at http://www.pnwboces.org/ssela/index.htm.

District username and password for the 2016/2017 school year:

USERNAME: Elmont PASSWORD: EUFSD043

The following six social studies practices are skills and habits of mind that will be developed and fostered through the lesson content. For a more detailed list reference the Scope and Sequence Appendix chart document.

Gathering, Interpreting, and Using Evidence

Chronological Reasoning and Causation

Comparison and Contextualization

Geographic Reasoning

Economics and Economic Systems

Civic Participation Please note:

Unit/Lesson order in the Social Studies Curriculum Map may have been adjusted to better align with the

ReadyGEN curriculum and thus the sequence may be different from the PNW BOCES website.

Resources from ReadyGEN are encouraged and may have been suggested in the map.

Each lesson may include multiple class periods of teaching time; pay close attention to the suggested

number of class periods for each lesson.

The Social Studies Curriculum Map may reflect a reduced number of lessons and/or class periods compared

to the PNW BOCES website.

Suggested book titles are included in the resources. Other books may be used to cover the topic if those

titles are not available.

There are four instructional units that should be completed by the end of the school year:

Unit Number

Unit Title Suggested Time Frame Unit Duration

1 Active Citizenship* September/October 16 sessions

2 Rural, Urban, Suburban Communities November/December 13 sessions

3 Geography of Communities January/February/March 12 sessions

4 Change and Interdependence in Communities April/May/June 12 sessions

*Lesson 3 of Unit 1 should be taught in the beginning of November. *Lesson 5 (Holidays) of Unit 1 should be taught throughout the year.

Features of the Curriculum Map include:

Overview of Units and Lessons including essential questions, resources, and assessments

Blue Hyperlinks have been inserted throughout the map (press Control & click on the link) these will easily connect you to carefully-selected online resources/documents

Suggested Harcourt S.S. Textbook readings

C3 Inquiry, Constructed Response Questions (CRQs), and/or WebQuests

Scope and Sequence Appendix chart outlining ELA standards, Social Studies Practices, and Social Studies Key Concepts & Understandings for each lesson

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Unit 1: Active Citizenship What will students understand as a result of this unit?

How citizens are responsible to the community.

Why citizens should vote.

How citizens show patriotism towards their country.

Why citizens pay taxes.

What Essential Questions focus this unit? What kinds of things do "good" citizens do?

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Lesson 5: Patriotic Holidays Citizens show patriotism toward their country by observing federal holidays. For each federal holiday there is one suggested activity to reinforce the concept of patriotism. Children will collect all of their work into a holiday folder, which will be made into a book at the end of the year for children to bring home. (10 class periods)

celebration

civil rights

election

equality

explorer

fair

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freedom

hero

honor

independence

loyalty

memorial

patriotism

peace

President

remembrance

symbol

veteran

vote

White House

work

Labor Day by Carmen Bredeson Constitution Day Smartboard

Activity Christopher Columbus by Stephen

Krensky The Holiday Zone Veteran’s Day by Jacqueline S.

Cotton A Picture Book of Martin Luther

King, Jr. by David Adler A Picture Book of George

Washington by David Adler A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln

by David Adler The Wall by Eve Bunting Letters to Veterans Flag Day webquest Independence Day by David F.

Marx SS Harcourt – Unit 4, Lesson 5 Fireworks Display

L.2.2; L.2.5; W.2.2

2.2; 2.2a; 2.2b

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Unit 1: Active Citizenship continued

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Lesson 1: It’s Right to Follow Rules Students will understand that rules are important to have and to follow in the classroom and in the community. Students will learn that, if rules are not followed, there are consequences. (4 class periods)

consequence fair negative positive rules

Know and Follow Rules by Cheri J. Meiners.

Rules and Laws, by Ann-Marie Kishel

Smartboard Activity Venn Diagram Rules Rap Rules and Consequences

Scenarios Citizen-Me Powerpoint (Register

for Free) "Going to School is Your Job"

Discovery Education SS Harcourt – Unit 1, Lesson 1

RI.2.4; RI.2.6; RI.2.7; RI.2.8; RL.2.4; L.2.4

2.3; 2.3a; 2.3b; 2.4; 2.4a; 2.4b; 2.4c

Lesson 2: Symbols All Around Us

Students will understand how citizens show patriotism toward their school, community, and country. Students will be able to identify symbols around their community, as well as those used to show loyalty toward their country. Students will utilize symbols to create a personal flag that will be incorporated into a large class flag. (2 class periods)

courage honor justice patriotism pledge symbol

Poem “American Symbols” American Symbols Pledge of Allegiance

Constructed Response Questions

SS Harcourt – Unit 4, Lesson 4

RI.2.11; SL.2.1; SL.2.2; L.2.1; L.2.4; L.2.5; W.2.5; W.2.6

2.3; 2.3d

Lesson 4: Paying Taxes Students will be introduced to the concept of taxation by having students participate in a taxation simulation. (2 class periods)

citizenship expenses goods money needs responsibility revenue rights scarcity services taxes

Paying Taxes by Sarah DeCapua & Nanci Vargas

Expenses and Taxes Chart Expenses Bank Label Tax Bank Label Expenses and Taxes Record Book SmartBoard Activity Class Money if pennies are not

used

L.2.5; W.2.1

2.4; 2.4a; 2.4b; 2.4c; 2.8; 2.8d

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Unit 1: Active Citizenship continued

Assessment Performance Tasks, Projects

Class rule book Community rules acrostic poem Rules scenarios Rules and consequences

Homework Venn diagram The Venn diagram challenge

(optional) Whole group discussion about

symbols. Match symbols with meaning

Creation of symbols to describe selves

Creation of a class flag with symbols

Pledge of Allegiance synonym sheet

CRQ on United States Flag Role playing Taxation simulation Journal reflection Graphs of taxation and

expenses

Opinion Writing Rubric

Quizzes, Tests, Academic Prompts

Assessment Student work Journal entry Teacher observation

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Unit 1: Active Citizenship continued

What will students understand as a result of this unit? How citizens are responsible to the community. Why citizens should vote.

What Essential Questions focus this unit? What kinds of things do "good" citizens do?

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(refer to PNW BOCES for full list) ELA/SS

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Lesson 3: It’s Your Right to Vote Students will understand why citizens vote and will learn about the voting process. Students will participate in an authentic voting situation. (5 class periods)

candidate decision election informed majority register responsibility vote

KWL Chart The Voting Process

Smartboard Activity Duck for President by Doreen

Cronin Dodger for President by Jordan

Sonnenblick Voter Registration Form Responsibilities of the Voter Candidate Campaigns Ballot Form I Voted Badge SS Harcourt – Unit 1, Lesson 3

RI.2.4; RI.2.6; RI.2.7; RI.2.8; RL.2.4; L.2.4

2.3; 2.3a; 2.3b; 2.4; 2.4a; 2.4b; 2.4c

Assessment Performance Tasks, Projects Teacher observations Student work (KWL) Student responses Parent interview Venn Diagram – compare and contrast 2 stories Voter registration form Writing piece – feelings/evidence Vocabulary handbook (paper booklet/PowerPoint)

Quizzes, Tests, Academic Prompts Assessment is ongoing. No formal test will be given for this unit.

Student work

Teacher observation

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Unit 2: Rural, Urban, Suburban Communities

What will students understand as a result of this unit?

Rural, urban, and suburban communities have similarities and differences. Rural, urban, and suburban communities have distinct characteristics.

What Essential Questions focus this unit?

Are rural, urban, and suburban communities more different than similar?

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Lesson 1: What is a Community? After a shared reading of the poem, “Homes,” students develop their own “list” poems based on the elements that make up a community. (1 class period)

community home neighborhood social group

Poem “Homes” by Betsy Franco “What is a Community?”

Discovery Education

RL.2,1; RL.2,4; RL.2,9a; SL.2.1; SL.2.2; L.2.4

2.1; 2.3d

Lesson 2: Introduction to Urban, Rural, and Suburban Communities

Students learn that there are three types of communities and each has distinct characteristics. (2 class periods)

community neighborhood rural urban suburban

Triple T-Chart The Little House by Virginia Lee

Burton

Little House Video(Disney Version) Prewriting Organizer Personal Connections Worksheet My School and It’s Community

Graphic Organizer My School and It’s Community

Rubric

SS Harcourt – Unit 3, Lesson 2

RL.2,1; RL.2,5; SL.2.1; W.2.2

2.1a; 2.1d

Lesson 3: Rural Communities Students explore characteristics of rural communities. Students then complete a “Rural Rebus.” (1 class period)

agriculture crops country commute farm livestock rural

Walk Around a Farming Town by Peter and Connie Roop or Living in Rural Communities by Kristen Sterling

Rural Images PowerPoint Rural “rebus” story Rural “rebus” story with wordbank Rural “rebus” SmartBoard Activity ReadyGen - “On the Farm” SS Harcourt – Unit 3, Lesson 2

RI.2,2; RI.2,4; RI.2,6; RI.2.7

2.1a; 2.1c

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Lesson 4: Urban Communities Students discover the characteristics of an urban community through poetry, read alouds, group discussions, and photographs. They will analyze text, add to the on-going T-chart, and illustrate and present a stanza of “City Child.” (2 class periods)

commute downtown high-rises metropolitan

area neighborhood public

transportation skyscrapers subway town houses

Poem “City Child” “City Child” worksheet A Walk Around the City, A Walk

Around the Town by Peter and Connie Roop or Living in Urban Communities by Kristen Sterling

Home in the Sky by Jeannie Baker

SS Harcourt – Unit 3, Lesson 2

RL.2,4; RL.2,7; RI.2.4; RI.2.5; RI.2.6; RI.2.7; RI.2.9

2.1; 2.1a

Lesson 5: Suburban Communities Students understand the components of a suburban community after hearing a read-aloud and adding information to the on-going T-chart. They apply this information in a fill in the blanks exercise and in a written paragraph that is based on an illustration. (2 class periods)

community neighborhood suburb

A Walk Around the Suburb, by Peter and Connie Roop or Living in Suburban Communities by Kristen Sterling

“Suburban Neighborhoods”

Worksheet Smartboard Activity SS Harcourt – Unit 3, Lesson 2

RI.2.4; RI.2.6; RI.2.7; RI.2.8; W.2.2

2.1; 2.1b

Lesson 6: Comparing and Contrasting Urban, Rural, and Suburban Communities Students review the characteristics of urban, suburban and rural communities, and then have a choice of one of three activities to illustrate the characteristics of each type of community. (3 class periods)

Rural, Suburban, Urban Video(Discover Education)

Where is My Home? by Robin Nelson

“Three Communities Web” sample

Five Senses Graphic Organizer

RI.2.6; RI.2.8; W.2.1

2.1; 2.1a; 2.1b; 2.1c

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Assessment Performance Tasks, Projects

Create a “Community” list poem Complete a text-to-self connection Fill in a graphic organizer and/or write an essay based on it Paste visual images into a “Rural Rebus” Engage in an ELA listening activity Illustrate and present a stanza of poetry Compare and contrast the three communities using graphic organizers Create a flip book, web, or poem connecting the three communities Drag words to complete sentences on a SMART Board Write an essay – Persuasive Essay Checklist

Quizzes, Tests, Academic Prompts

Unit test Unit Test Answer Key

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Unit 3: Geography of Communities

What will students understand as a result of this unit?

How to recognize continents, oceans, landforms, and bodies of water. How to use map skills Geography influences the lifestyles of different communities.

What Essential Questions focus this unit?

Can geographic tools help us understand the similarities and differences of communities?

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Lesson 1: Continents and Oceans Students review the definition of geography and the difference between globes and maps. To locate and identify the seven continents and five oceans of the earth students, use either an interactive website or a large world map. They then complete a “World Map Worksheet.” (1 class period)

equator geography globe map

Label the Continents Continents Poems World Map Worksheet SS Harcourt – Unit 2, Lesson 2

RI.2,7; SL.2.1; SL.2.2; L.2.4

2.5; 2.5c; 2.5

Lesson 2: Map Skills

In this lesson the students become familiar with a compass rose using a United States map. The students learn that our country is made up of fifty states. Using a community map,

students use keys/legends to interpret what they see. (2 class periods)

compass rose key/legend symbol

Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney or Map It! by Elspeth Leacock

MapZone Activities

Community Map CRQ

Labeled Map of US

US Worksheet Truckin’ Across the USA

RI.2,4; RI.2,5; RI.2,7

2.5; 2.5a

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Unit 3: Geography of Communities continued

Lesson 3: Landforms and Bodies of Water In this lesson the students will be introduced to the geographic features of landforms and bodies of water. (1-2 class periods)

desert, hill, island,

landform, lake,

mountain

ocean

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river

valley

World Landforms Interactive or Landforms by Mary Evans

Landforms and Bodies of Water Flashcards and Worksheet

SmartBoard Activities SS Harcourt – Unit 2, Lesson 2

RI.2,4; RI.2,7; L.2.4

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Lesson 4: Where You Live Affects How You Live In this lesson, students will begin examining the connections between geographic/environmental factors and the lifestyle of a community. (3 class periods)

“Exploring Communities and Geography” Discovery Education

SmartBoard links - Mountain Community, Beach Community, Plains Community, Desert Community

Where I Live Affects How I Live Worksheet

RI.2,5; RI.2,7; RI.2.8; SL.2.1; W.2.1; RI.2.6; RI.2.7; RI.2.9

2.5; 2.5b

Lesson 5: Comparing Communities Students compare and contrast different communities in the U.S. with their own community in terms of geographic/environmental factors and lifestyles. (1 class period)

Where I Live Affects How I Live Worksheet

Venn Diagram Worksheet Smart Board Activity

W.2.8; SL.2.1; SL.2.2; SL.2.3

2.5; 2.5b

Assessment Performance Tasks, Projects

Identify the seven continents and four oceans

Accurately complete the United States worksheet

Complete the community map worksheet

Correctly identify landforms and bodies of water in a landforms riddle activity

Analyze photographs to discover examples of environmental factors in their community and other communities.

Draw conclusions from a chart

Predict how geographic and environmental tasks will influence life style in a journal entry

Give examples of how where people live affects how they live

Complete the “Where I Live Affects How I Live: My Community” worksheet

Use a Venn diagram to compare/contrast the local community to another community

Community Map CRQ (Constructed Response Question)

District DBQ for Units 2 and 3

Quizzes, Tests, Academic Prompts

End of Unit Assessment

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Unit 4: Change and Interdependence of Communities

What will students understand as a result of this unit? Students will understand that communities have changed and will continue to change over

time. Communities today are interdependent.

What Essential Questions focus this unit? Do communities have to change over time to meet their

needs?

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Lesson 1: Communities Change Over Time Students will be introduced to the idea that communities are in constant flux and change dramatically over time. (2 class periods)

change goods needs services wants

“The House on Maple Street” in ReadyGen Text Collection

“House on Maple Street” Response Chart and Answers

SS Harcourt – Unit 3, Lesson 3

RL.2,1; SL.2.1; SL.2.2

2.6; 2.6a

Lesson 2: Past, Present, and Future

In order to understand changes in communities over time, students first have to understand the past, present, and future. After defining these terms, students label a timeline with events through history they would know. With their families they label a timeline with events from their own lives, and they then cut and paste pictures of the development of telephones and automobiles in the correct chronological order. Finally, they share their work with their peers, and reflect on the purpose of

timelines. (1 class period)

future now past present

School: Then and Now by Robin Nelson or Then and Now by Heather Amery

Individual Events Timeline Timeline for Telephone Timeline for Automobiles SmartBoard Activity

SL.2.1; SL.2.1d; SL.2.3; SL.2.4

2.6; 2.6a

Lesson 3: The Rural Community Has Changed Students will focus on a case study of a farming community. A read aloud will provide an introduction and information on farming then and now, and complete a graphic organizer. (1- 2 class periods)

then now plow tractor

Living on Farms by Allan Fowler Then and Now by Glen Conner Then and Now Graphic Organizer Then and Now Pictures SmartBoard Activity

RI.2,3; RI.2,9; L.2.6; W.2.3

2.6; 2.7; 2.7a

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Unit 4: Change and Interdependence of Communities Continued

Lesson 4: Change Comes to the Suburbs (optional lesson) Students will discover and identify changes over time in a suburban community. They will compare and contrast these

‘then and now’ changes on a chart. (2 class periods)

interview expert change then now suburbs

Then and Now Chart

SL.2.3 2.6; 2.6a; 2.6b

Lesson 5: Changes in an Urban Community Students paste the pictures of New York City then and now in the correct column on the chart, and pair share their decisions. Then they draw their vision of a city of the future. (2 class periods)

now era future past present change urban city

A City Grows by Susan Ring Urban Then and Now Chart with

pictures Pictures SmartBoard Activity

RI.2.3; SL.2.1; L.2.6

2.7; 2.7a

Lesson 6: Interdependence (optional lesson) This lesson is an introduction to the concept of interdependence: communities need each other. Students listen to a read-aloud and then classify pictures from the text as rural, urban or suburban. (1 class period)

interdependence

rural suburban urban

From Cocoa Bean to Chocolate by Robin Nelson

Cocoa to Chocolate at Discovery Education

Sequential Graphic Organizer

RI.2.1; RI.2.3; L.2.4

2.8; 2.8a; 2.8b; 2.9a

Lesson 7: Just for Snack Students will search their snack bags to determine the place of origin for their treats. Students will then locate these places on a large U.S. map or world map. The completed maps will

highlight the interdependence of our community and others. (1 class period)

country interdependence

map origin state

Parent Letter Parent Letter in Spanish New York Map SmartBoard Activity CRQ Worksheet “An Evening at Home” Activity

L.2.5; SL.2.1; W.2.1

2.8; 2.8c

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Unit 4: Change and Interdependence of Communities Continued

Assessment Performance Tasks, Projects

Draw examples from a read-aloud to support concepts Complete a “then” and “now” graphic organizer Complete a Venn diagram Analyze photographs and pictures Read and summarize information Classify pictures Complete a timeline Plan an evening at home

Quizzes, Tests, Academic Prompts

CRQ

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