Illinois Social Studies Standards (Grade 2)

With guidance and support, identify features and functions of governments.

Demonstrate how our choices can affect ourselves and others in positive and negative ways.

Explain the role of money in making exchange easier.

Compare the goods and services that people in the local community produce and those that are produced in other communities.

Explain that money can be saved or spent on goods and services.

With guidance and support, use print and digital maps, globes, and other simple geographic models to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of places.

With guidance and support, identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of your community and compare to other places or regions.

Describe the connections between the physical environment of a place and the economic activities found there.

Identify main ideas and changes that have occurred in the local community over time and retell how these changes impacted diverse groups in the community.

Examine key events that changed history from multiple perspectives, including the perspectives of diverse individuals, cultures, and groups.

Create questions that are relevant to self as they relate to the content of the Social Science Standards. This standard applies to grades K-2.

With guidance and support, students will use varied teacher-selected resources to learn procedures to locate evidence that assists with finding answers to their questions. This standard applies to grades K-2.

With guidance and support, gather relevant information from multiple sources to analyze information. This standard applies to grades K-2.

With guidance and support, evaluate a source by distinguishing between fact and opinion. This standard applies to grades K-2.

With guidance and support, students will share their findings on the asked and answered questions with peers. This standard applies to grades K-2.

Using various viewpoints, students will engage in reflective conversations to draw conclusions on inquiry findings and create action steps. This standard applies to grades K-2.