Second Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Curricular Goals:

1. Students will define and identify five specific “core values” in themselves and others

2. Students will learn what it means to be a global citizen and how they can positively change the world

3. Students will begin identity work related to how they experience “Big Feelings” and take steps to feel ownership over how they can cope with those emotions

Academic Skills Focus:

1. Note-taking

2. Partner & Group Work

3. Geography & Biography work

Standards Guides:

1. NCSS (National Council for the Social Studies)

2. Learning for Justice

3. Common Core

4. Institute for Social-Emotional Learning (guide)

5. Responsive Classroom (guide)