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First Quarter

Community

Cities and Towns in CHildren’s Literature

Cities and Towns in Children’s Literature - II

Defining a Local Community

Second Grade Social Studies:  Local Communities

Rural

Urban

Suburban

Native Americans

Pilgrims

Colonies

COLONIZATION

Civil War

Pioneers

Immigration

Teamwork

Martin Luther King Quiz

Fun Social Studies

Presidents

Maps/Geography

Compass Rose

N, S, E, and W

Geography: North, South, East, and West

Countries

Continents

Inflatable Globe Game

Delicious Continents: Learning about the Continents with Graham Crackers

Learning a New Environment

Play Doh Map of Your State

Learning Physical Geography Through Making an Edible Map

National Geographic Lessons

You Can Find It Using Latitude and Longitude 

Changes

Transporation

Communications

Clothing around the world

Citizenship

Good Citizens

Responsibilities

Jane Addams

Seasonal

Second Quarter

Native Americans

Customs/Traditions

Native American tales

Pilgrims

Hardships

Help from Native Americans

Colonies

13 colonies

Colonial Life

Declaration of Independence

Constitution

Civil War

Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman

Frederick Douglas

Abraham Lincoln

Sojourner Truth

Pioneers

Immigration

Third Quarter

Work

Banking Word Search

Careers

Community workers

Needs/wants

Opportunity Cost

Producers/consumers

Natural resources/finished product

Saving Money

Trade with countries

The Barter System: A Rooster and a Bean Seed

Technology

Inventors

Fulton

Fourth Quarter

EARTH

Continents

Landforms

Oceans, lakes, rivers

Natural features

Weather

Natural Resources

Man's affect on the earth

GOVERNMENT

UNIT PLAN CONSTITUTION

Using a Newspaper Index

Voting

President

Congress

White House

American Symbols

Pledge of Allegiance

National Holidays