Social Studies Grade 2
14 Benchmarks
History
SS.2.1.1 Create personal and historical timelines.
Interpret timelines used to show the passing of time within communities
Create a personal timeline
Identify key events in the history of Wauwatosa
o Explain how Wauwatosa became a community and got its name
SS.2.1.2 Describe how communities have grown and changed in the past and present.
Transportation, jobs, schools, communication, architecture, landscape, economy
SS.2.1.3 Identify and interpret past and present contributions of people, places, and events within our
community and the United States.
Identify individuals who have made contributions to Wauwatosa (Chief Wauwataesie and
Charles Hart) and the United States and explain their significance
Identify important places within a community and what people do in a community
Behavioral Sciences
SS.2.2.4 Describe how people within a community cooperate to achieve mutual goals and solve problems.
Recognize that disagreements are common, even between friends, family members or
community members
Explain that rules at home, at school, and in the community let individuals know
expectations
SS.2.2.5 Compare and contrast how communities are alike and different.
Identify between urban, rural, and suburban communities
Identify connections between the local community and other places in Wisconsin, the
United States, and the world
Describe and distinguish among the values and beliefs of different groups within and
between communities
Civics and Citizenship
SS.2.3.6 Define and demonstrate the idea of citizenship and the role of a citizen within a family, school,
and community.
Identify ways to be good citizens
SS.2.3.7 Explain what rules are and why they are.
Identify rules in a family, school, and community
SS.2.3.8 Explain and demonstrate how various groups within a community develop, enforce, and change
rules of behavior.
Recognize the right and responsibility to vote and describe the voting process
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SS.2.3.9 Describe how leaders and citizens work together to solve problems and help their communities.
Identify government leaders (president, governor and mayor)
Describe what community leaders can do
Geography
SS.2.4.10 Use and interpret various maps to represent and understand our community and our world.
Use a map to identify the location of our community relative to neighboring cities, the
states, countries, continents, and world.
Identify and draw parts of a map to locate places: map key/legend, labels, symbols,
scales, compass rose, and titles
Use cardinal and intermediate directions to describe relative locations.
Understand the difference between city, state, country, and continent
SS.2.4.11 Describe how climate, location and physical features impact the way people live.
Discuss and locate different physical features of a map (landforms and bodies of water)
Distinguish between things that are from nature (natural resources) and those made by
people
Compare how people live in different communities (location, climate and physical
features)
Describe how the natural resources of different environments can be used for food,
clothing, and shelter
Explain the causes and effects of environmental changes within a community (pollution,
climate change, etc.)
Economics
SS.2.5.12 Explain how families and communities make economic decisions based on needs and wants.
Recognize that since people cannot have everything they want, they must make choices
(trade-offs) about using goods and services to satisfy wants and needs
SS.2.5.13 Define the role of producers and consumers and what goods and services are.
Explain how goods are made and transported
Describe people who provide services in a community
SS.2.5.14 Identify how communities share goods and services to meet their economic needs and wants.
Explain that goods and services are scarce because there are not enough productive
resources to satisfy all of the wants and needs of individuals and communities
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