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Quincy Catholic Academy – Quincy, MA

Curriculum MapSubject: Social Studies Grade: 2

Time Frame Topic Content Resources Stand-ards

Assess-ments

September Map Skills

Calendar Use

Rights & Responsibilities

>globes>compass rose>grid references>key & legend

>days>weeks>months>years>seasons

>student council representatives>school rules

>globe>maps>reproducible sheets from the webGeorge F. Cram Company website>Studies Weekly>teacher created materials

Books:-Standard Based Map Activities (Scholastic)-Neighborhood and Community Write & Read books (Scholastic)

>calendars>teacher created materials

>Studies Weekly>Scholastic News

(C&S 4)

(C&S 1)

(C&S 6)(C&S 7)

Use these features to answer questions about a map.

Use these features to answer questions about a calendar.

Vote for classroom representative.




Assess-ments

October

Timelines

Famous Americans

Continents

Countries of North America

>self timeline

>Johnny Appleseed>Alexander Graham Bell>Cesar Chavez>Harriet Tubman>Rosa Parks>Betsy Ross>Squanto

>locate the 7 continents

>locate the boundaries of

Book:>Neighborhood and Community Write & Read Books (Scholastic)

>teacher created materials

>teacher created materials>Easy Reader Biographies Kit (Scholastic)

>reproducible sheets from the web>globe>maps>websites

Books:>Maps! The World

(C&S 3)

2.10(C&S 7)

2.12.6(C&S 4)

2.2

Create a personal timeline.

Group poster and presentation.

Label the continents on a map.

Label the 3




Assess-ments

November

December

American Traditions: Thanksgiving

Holiday traditions from around the world (winter)

Canada, the United States, and Mexico

>Native Americans – Wampanoags>Pilgrims>Mayflower>harvest feasts

>Hanukkah>Kwanzaa>Christmas>Diwali>Chinese New Year

and United States (Teacher Friend Publications)>Spotlight On Books~Continents (Capstone Press)

>teacher created materials>Scholastic.com>Studies Weekly>Scholastic News>reproducible sheets from the web

>reproducible sheets from the web>teacher created materials>Scholastic.com>videos from the

(C&S 4)

2.8(C&S 2)(C&S 3)(C&S 5)

2.8(C&S 2)

countries on a map.

Create timeline of Pilgrim voyage.

Compare and contrast thanksgiving today to the First Thanksgiving.

Describe holiday traditions from various winter holidays.




Assess-ments

January

Bodies of Water

Family History and Countries of Heritage

>oceans>rivers

>Country Reports -major sites -foods -traditions -holidays -flag>My World -city -state -country -continent -world

web>websites>Scholastic News>Studies Weekly

>reproducible sheets from the web

Book:>Continent Area Mini-Books;; Geographic Terms (Scholastic)

>maps>globe>teacher created materials>reproducible sheets from the web>websites>encyclopedias

Books:>Me On the MapBy Joan Sweeney>Maps! The World

2.32.4(C&S 4)

2.72.82.9(C&S 5)

Locate the major rivers and oceans of the world.

Compare and contrast USA and a country.

Create a poster and report about a country.

Create a My World Wheel.




Assess-ments

February

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mountains

Continue Country Reports

American Presidents

100th Day of School

>Martin Luther King, Jr.’s contribution to USA history

>major mountain ranges;; Andes, Alps, Himalayas, Rockies>major mountain;; Mt. Everest and Mt. McKinley

>George Washington>Abraham Lincoln>John Adams>John Quincy Adams>John F. Kennedy

>life 100 years ago>life today

and United States (Teacher Friend Publications)

>reproducible sheets from the web>Scholastic.com>Scholastic News


>reproducible sheets from the web>Scholastic News

Books:>Easy Reader Biographies (Scholastic)

2.10(C&S 7)

2.5(C&S 4)

2.10(C&S 2)(C&S 3)(C&S 7)

(C&S 2)

Describe Martin Luther King, Jr.’s accomplishments.

Identify major mountains and mountain ranges.

Describe major accomplishments of these presidents.

Compare and contrast life in the




Assess-ments

March

Landforms

Women in History

Producers and Consumers

>life 100 years from now

>glacier>volcano

>Susan B. Anthony>Helen Keller>Sacagawea>Wilma Rudolph>Amelia Earhart>Eleanor Roosevelt

>producer-someone who makes or grows something>consumer-someone who buys and uses goods

>websites>encyclopedias


>teacher created materials>websites>encyclopedias

Book:>March Idea Book(Teacher’s friend Publications)

>Studies Weekly>teacher created

(C&S 4)

2.10(C&S 7)

(C&S 8)

past and present, and predict what life will be like 100 years from now.

Create mini-book and identify landform.

Create brief report and present to class.

Complete T-Chart correctly identifying producers and




Assess-ments

April

Landforms

Goods and Services

Landforms

>island>peninsula

>goods-things that can be bought and soldServices-actions or things you can not touch that satisfy a demand

>canyon>plain>plateau

materials>reproducible sheets from the web>websites

Book:>The Big Green PocketbookBy Candace Ransom


>Studies Weekly>teacher created materials>reproducible sheets from the web>websites

Book:>The Big Green PocketbookBy Candace Ransom

(C&S 4)

(C&S 9)

(C&S 4)

consumers.


Complete T-Chart correctly identifying goods and services.

Create mini-book and identify




Assess-ments

May Business Project

Continent Project

Landforms

>producers & consumers>goods & services

>the continents

>gulf>shore


>Studies Weekly>teacher created materials>reproducible sheets from the web>websites

Books:Spotlight On->Antarctica, Asia, Africa, Europe,North America, South America(Capstone Press)

Book:>Continent Area Mini-Books;;

(C&S 8)(C&S 9)

2.12.6

(C&S 4)

landform.







Assess-ments

June Landforms and Bodies of Water>cave>valley

>review landforms and bodies of water

Geographic Terms (Scholastic)

Book:>Continent Area Mini-Books Geographic terms (Scholastic)

(C&S 4)


Play Landform Vocabulary Game.

Complete Landforms Wheel.

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