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Social Studies — Grade 2
Goal 3, Objective 3.02
Resources aligned to this objective
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- Children and families in North Carolina
- In this lesson plan, elementary students will analyze photographs of children from North Carolina provided by the Green āNā Growing collection from the Special Collections Research Center at North Carolina State University. They will investigate how individuals and families are similar and different, and to begin to acquire an understanding of change over time.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
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- America, a home for every culture
- In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students explore how various cultures have contributed to making the United States the unique and diverse country that it is today. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Music Education and Social Studies)
- Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Culture goggles: Same holy land, different holidays
- Students visit the Culture Goggles exhibit in National Geographic's Xpedition Hall, where they will select a religion to see how a Christian, a Jew, or a Muslim might view the Old City of Jerusalem in Israel. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
- Provider: National Geographic
- French and family
- Students will learn about French families and gain a preliminary knowledge of the French language, learning the French names for various family members. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Information Skills and Social Studies)
- Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
- Geo-generations
- Students create a Geo-Generations Scrapbook that charts and describes where their family has lived. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- Provider: National Geographic
- The great migration
- Students learn about the migration of African Americans to Harlem, beginning with the original migration of blacks to North America. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–3 Social Studies)
- Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Human migration: The story of a community
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students come to understand some key concepts of human migration through the examination of maps and migration patterns. Students research and document the impact of migration on a region's cultural landscape. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Social Studies)
- Provider: National Geographic
- If you were a pioneer on the Oregon Trail
- Students compare imagined travel experiences of their own with the actual experiences of 19th-century pioneers. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies)
- Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
- Immigrating to America
- Students learn about what it was like for new immigrants to come through Ellis Island at the turn of the century. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Social Studies)
- Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- La familia
- This is an introductory lesson to Spain and the Spanish language. Students will learn basic elements of the language through lessons on Spanish families and geography. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Information Skills and Social Studies)
- Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
- Native American cultures across the U.S.
- Students discuss the differences between five Native American tribes within the U.S. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
- Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
- Traditions and Languages of Three Native Cultures: Tlingit, Lakota, and Cherokee
- Students learn about the environment, history, language, and culture of the Tlingit, Lakota, and Cherokee. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
- Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
- Xpeditions express: City scavenger hunt
- Students take a virtual trip on National Geographic's Xpeditions Express through Europe to the cities of London, Paris, Innsbruck, Venice, Budapest, and Istanbul. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
- Provider: National Geographic