| week | Unit | Topic | Weekly Learning Target | AERO Social Studies Standards Covered | myWorld Textbook Location | Suggested Lesson Plans | Suggested Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Second Grade Social Studies Introduction | Classroom Rules and Expectations | Students can follow the rules and understand procedures and expectations in social studies class. | Review |
Unit 1.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 2 | Roles and Choices | Community Rules | Students can work together to establish an agreed upon code for their learning community. | Review |
Unit 1.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 3 | Making Choices | Students can recognize appropriate and inappropriate choices and understands choices come with consequences. | 5.2d |
Unit 2.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 4 | Roles at School | Students can identify roles and behaviors at school and the reasons for them. | 5.2e 5.2f |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 5 | Roles in Your Community | Students can identify roles and behaviors in your community and the reasons for them. | 5.2e 5.2f |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 6 | The Choices You Make and You | Students can understand the choices we make will influence our identity. | 5.2g |
Unit 2.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 7 | Review | Students can review key concepts from Grade 2 social studies. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 8 | Working to Meet Our Needs | Needs and Wants | Students can differ between wants and needs and explain how they impact their lives. | 7.2a 7.2b 7.2e 7.2g |
Unit 2.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 9 | Service Workers and Their Jobs | Students can describe how we depend upon people with specialized jobs and how they impact our local community. | 7.2c 7.2d 7.2f |
Unit 2.4 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 10 | Producing and Consuming Goods | Students can describe how goods are made and used and identify the people and institutions involved. | 7.2b 7.2d |
Unit 2.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 11 | Trading for Goods and Services | Students can describe how goods and services can be exchanged in the local community. | 7.2g 7.2f |
Unit 2.5 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 12 | Making Choices About Money | Students can explain why people make choices about how to satisfy wants and needs. | 7.2e 7.2f 7.2g |
Unit 2.6 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 13 | Review | Students can review key concepts from Grade 2 social studies. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 14 | Past and Present | Life Then and Now | Students can compare stories from the past, present, and future. | 1.2a 1.2b |
Unit 5.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 15 | Learning About the Past | Students can identify sources that provide us with information about the past. | 1.2a 1.2b 1.2c |
Unit 5.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 16 | Stories from the Past and Present | Students can use stories to help understand the past and present. | 1.2c |
Unit 5.3, 5.4, & 5.5 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 17 | Technology Then and Now | Students will examine how the use and creation of technology has changed over time. | 1.2c 8.2a |
Unit 5.6 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 18 | Technology Analysis | Students can analyze the cost and benefits of using technology. | 8.2b 8.2c |
Unit 5.6 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 19 | Technology in Our Community | Students can examine instances of technology use in their community. | 8.2b 8.2c |
Unit 5.6 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 20 | Dealing with Disagreement | Dealing with Disagreement | Students can identify a disagreement and explain its solution. | 2.2b 2.2c |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 21 | Dealing with Disagreement | Students can offer strategies of ways to deal with a disagreement. | 2.2c |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 22 | The World Around Us | Location and Maps | Students can create a map to explain and display their local community. | 3.2b 3.2c |
Unit 3.1 & 3.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 23 | Earth and Its Features | Students can distinguish between landforms. | 3.2d |
Unit 3.3 & 3.4 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 24 | Earth’s Features and Us | Students can describe how the landforms and geographic features influence their local community. | 3.2e |
Unit 3.5 & 3.6 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 25 | People Around the Earth | Students can demonstrate and compare how people throughout the world adapted to their physical environment. | 3.2a 3.2f |
Unit 3.7 & 3.8 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 26 | Citizenship and Government | Being a Good Citizen | Students can explain what it means to be a good citizen in relation with the community. | 6.2f |
Unit 6.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 27 | Rights as Citizens | Students can explain their rights and responsibilities in relation to the community. | 6.2f |
Unit 6.2 & 6.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 28 | Our Leaders | Students can explain the importance of leadership. | 6.2g |
Unit 6.5 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 29 | Our Values | Students can identify the principles used for decision-making and problem solving. | 6.2h |
Unit 6.3 & 6.6 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 30 | Government and Me | Students can describe how the government and other institutions affect their lives. | 6.2i |
Unit 6.4 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 31 | Culture | Culture Is Our Way of Life | Students can define culture and describe how culture can change from place to place. | 4.2a 4.2b |
Unit 4.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 32 | Culture in Our Community | Students can describe how people interact with each other and resources in the community. | 4.2c 4.2d |
Unit 4.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 33 | What We Celebrate | Students can compare and contrast holidays in different cultures. | 4.2d |
Unit 4.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 34 | Cultural Stories | Students can use stories from different cultures to compare and contrast behavioral expectations. | 4.2a 4.2e |
Unit 4.4 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 35 | Two Cultures | Students can compare and contrast behaviors and environments in different cultures. | 4.2d 4.2e |
Unit 4.5 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 36 | Second Grade Social Studies Review | Review(Government) | Students can review key concepts about government from Grade 2 social studies. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 37 | Review | Students can review key concepts from Grade 2 social studies. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 38 | Review | Students can review key concepts from Grade 2 social studies. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources |