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History H2 Living and Working Together in Communities Use historical thinking to understand the past. 2 – H2.0.1 Demonstrate chronological thinking by distinguishing among years and decades using a timeline of local community events. 2 – H2.0.2 Explain why descriptions of the same event in the local community can be different. 2 – H2.0.3 Use an example to describe the role of the individual in creating history. 2 – H2.0.4 Describe changes in the local community over time (e.g., types of businesses, architecture and landscape, jobs, transportation, population). 2 – H2.0.5 Identify a problem in a community’s past and describe how it was resolved. 2 – H2.0.6 Construct a historical narrative about the history of the local community from a variety of sources (e.g., data gathered from local residents, artifacts, photographs). Geography G1 The World in Spatial Terms Use geographic representations to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective. 2 – G1.0.1 Construct maps of the local community that contain symbols, labels, and legends denoting human and natural characteristics of place. 2 – G1.0.2 Use maps to describe the spatial organization of the local community by applying concepts including relative location and using distance, direction, and scale. G2 Places and Regions Understand how regions are created from common physical and human characteristics. 2 – G2.0.1 Compare the physical and human characteristics of the local community with those of another community. 2 – G2.0.2 Describe how the local community is part of a larger region (e.g., county, metropolitan area, state). G4 Human Systems Understand how human activities help shape the Earth’s surface. 2 – G4.0.1 Describe land use in the community (e.g., where people live, where services are provided, where products are made). 2 – G4.0.2 Describe the means people create for moving people, goods, and ideas within the local community. 2 – G4.0.3 Use components of culture (e.g., foods, language, religion, traditions) to describe diversity in the local community. G5 Environment and Society Understand the effects of human-environment interactions. 2 – G5.0.1 Suggest ways people can responsibly interact with the environment in the local community. 2 – G5.0.2 Describe positive and negative consequences of changing the physical environment of the local community. Social Studies Content Expectations Grade Two GRADES K-8 SOCIAL STUDIES CONTENT EXPECTATIONS V. 12/07 MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 21 Civics and Government C1 Purposes of Government Explain why people create governments. 2 – C1.0.1 Explain why people form governments. 2 – C1.0.2 Distinguish between government action and private action. C2 Values and Principles of American Democracy Understand values and principles of American constitutional democracy. 2 – C2.0.1 Explain how local governments balance individual rights with the common good to solve local community problems. 2 – C2.0.2 Describe how the Pledge of Allegiance reflects the core democratic value of patriotism. C3 Structure and Functions of Government Describe the structure of government in the United States and how it functions to serve citizens. 2 – C3.0.1 Give examples of how local governments make, enforce, and interpret laws (ordinances) in the local community. 2 – C3.0.2 Use examples to describe how local government affects the lives of its citizens. 2 – C3.0.3 Identify services commonly provided by local governments (e.g., police, fire departments, schools, libraries, parks). C5 Roles of the Citizen in American Democracy Explain important rights and how, when, and where American citizens demonstrate their responsibilities by participating in government. 2 – C5.0.1 Identify ways citizens participate in community decisions. 2 – C5.0.2 Distinguish between personal and civic responsibilities and explain why they are important in community life. 2 – C5.0.3 Design and participate in community improvement projects that help or inform others. (See P4.2.2) Economics E1 Market Economy Use fundamental principles and concepts of economics to understand economic activity in a market economy. 2 – E1.0.1 Identify the opportunity cost involved in a consumer decision. 2 – E1.0.2 Identify businesses in the local community. 2 – E1.0.3 Describe how businesses in the local community meet economic wants of consumers. 2 – E1.0.4 Describe the natural, human, and capital resources needed for production of a good or service in a community. 2 – E1.0.5 Use examples to show that people cannot produce everything they want (specialization) and depend on trade with others to meet their wants. 

Unit 1: What is a Community?

Unit 2: Where is my community and what is it like…

Unit 3: How do citizens live together?

Students will need the following:

• A device with camera and microphone enabled
• Headphones/Earbuds
• Access to Google Chrome
• Access to web based learning management platform