2nd Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Describes history as the story of the
past.(4.1)

Defines the difference between past
and present. (4.1)

Creates and uses a timeline of
events in Kansas over the course of
the school year. (4.4)

Compares various forms of
transportation in Kansas and
present. (4.3)

Compares and contrasts the ways
people communicate with each
other past and present. (4.3)

Subtopic

Compares American Indian life and
communities at the time of the
Pilgrims to American Indian life and
communities today. (3.3 and 4.3)

Defines immigration and gives past
and present examples from Kansas.
(5.3)

 Analyzes why people immigrate and
what immigrants contribute to
Kansas. (1.3 and 5.3)

Recognizes and evaluates how
inventors and important inventions
from the past influence their life
today. (4.3)

Recognizes and evaluates how
leaders from the past made
contributions in our life today. (1.3
and 4.3)

Identifies different historical primary
sources.(i.e. pictures, diary entries,
photographs, maps, video, audio,
artifacts).(4.1)

Subtopic

 Examines various historical primary
sources related to Kansas (i.e.
pictures, diary entries, photographs,
maps, video, audio, artifacts). (4.1)

 Looks at an event from the past and
traces the cause(s) of the event.
(4.2)

Subtopic

 Looks for clues that identify the
maker, date, and place of origin for a
historical source.(4.1)

Understands that different people
living at the same time in the past
had different beliefs and ideas that
shaped their accounts of events.
(3.2)

Understands that people writing
accounts of the past today write
them from their own perspective.
(3.2)

Develops an understanding of how
perspectives have changed from the
past to the present (i.e. women’s
rights). (3.3)