2nd Grade Social Studies Map

Unit

1: What is a
Community?

2: Where is my
Community and
What is it Like
There?

Weeks

Sept.: 2 weeks

Curriculum MAISA Unit 1

3: How do Citizens
Live Together in a
Community?

4: How do People
5: How do
Work Together in a Communities
Community?
Change?

6: How can a
Citizen Affect a
Community?

Oct./Nov.: 3 weeks Jan.: 3 weeks

Mar.: 3 weeks

Apr.: 2 weeks

May/June: 5 weeks

MAISA Unit 2

Playdough
economics

MAISA Unit 5

Interact: Kid Town

MAISA Unit 3

MAISA Unit 6

MAISA Unit 4
Standards

G2.0.1
G4.0.2
C1.0.1
E1.0.3

G1.0.1
G1.0.2
G2.0.1
G2.0.2
G4.0.1
G4.0.2
G5.0.1
G5.0.2

C1.0.1
C1.0.2
C2.0.1
C2.0.2
C3.0.1
C3.0.2
C3.0.3
C5.0.1
C5.0.2
G4.03

E1.0.1
E.1.0.2
E1.0.3
E1.0.4
E1.0.5

H2.0.1
H2.0.2
H2.0.3
H2.0.4
H2.0.5
H2.0.6

Notes

Read Alouds
I Live in Brooklyn
Prairie Town
Desert Town
River Town
Mountain Town

*Landforms and
bodies of water are
also addressed in
science

Read Alouds
Old Henry
Everybody cooks
rice
My Grandma's the
Mayor
What is a Mayor

Lessons 1-9

Read Alouds
*Requires advanced
OxCart Man
prep for materials
The River Ran Wild
The House of
Maple Street
Abe Lincolns Hat

Brainpop
Urban, suburban,
and rural

Read Alouds
Mapping Penny's
World

*Use Google Earth

C5.0.1
C5.0.2
C5.0.3
P3.1.1
P3.1.2
P3.1.3
P3.3.1
P4.2.1
P4.2.2

The Lorax
Brainpop
Transportation
video