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McHarg Elementary School
Instructional Resources
This Course
2nd grade Science
Maps globes United Streaming Websites
Portaportal Posters Trade books Guest
speakers Wolf Creek field trip Scott Foresman VA
SOL resources
How have ancient civilizations and cultures
influenced our lives in America today?
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Course Questions and Standards

• What contributions did the people of ancient
  China and Egypt make that affect our world today?
  (2.1)
• In what ways were the American Indians (First
  Americans) in Virginia like and different from
  the Sioux and Pueblo Indians? (2.2)
• How and why have communities changed over time?
  (2.3)
• How did ancient China, Egypt and the American
  Indians adapt to their environment in different
  ways? (2.4)
• Where are the seven continents, the four oceans,
  and the equator located on maps and globes?
  (2.5)
• Where are these major rivers, lakes, and mountain
  ranges located on a map of the United States?
  (2.5)
• What is included when making a map? (2.6)
• What are human, natural, and capital resources?
  (2.7)
• What is the difference in using barter and using
  money in exchange for goods and services? (2.8)
• How does scarcity affect peoples choices? (2.9)
• Who are producers and consumers? (2.10)
• What are the responsibilities of a good citizen?
  (2.11)
• How did George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Susan
  B. Anthony, Helen Keller, Jackie Robinson, and
  Martin Luther King, Jr. help to improve the lives
  of other Americans? (2.11)
• How are people of diverse cultures united as
  Americans? (2.12)

Items Tested
2.1 2.12
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Course Map
Second Grade Science
McHarg
School
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Performance Options
Community Principles
Learning Rituals
Terrific Kid Expectations Respect Voting on
decisions Self-discipline Self-reliance Honesty Tr
ustworthiness
Morning meeting interactive notetaking
Co-operative groups journaling graphic
organizers Study notes shared reading
shared writing Twelve powerful words UNRAAVEL
word banks
Oral testing Peer tutoring Center/project
choices SOL formatted tests Modified tests
Critical Concepts
Investigation observation interpretation
conclusion measurement graphs models
magnetism properties of matter life cycles
animal plant habitats living
non-living interdependent weather
Seasonal changes weathering erosion
plants plant products resources
Learned in these Units
Investigation, reasoning, logic 2.1 Life
processes (animals) 2.5b Resources 2.8 a,b,c
Investigation skills, reasoning and logic
2.1 Life process (animals)2.4a, 2.7a Earth
patterns, cycles and changes 2.7a (seasons)
Investigation, reasoning, logic 2.1 Living
systems 2.4 a,b Force, motion and energy (magnets
2.2
Investigation, reasoning, logic 2.1 Matter 2.3 a,
b
Investigation skills, reasoning and logic
2.1 Life process (plants) 2.4b, 2.7a Earth
patterns, cycles and changes 2.7a Living systems
2.5 a, b
Investigation, reasoning and logic 2.1 Weather
2.6a,b 2.7b