Social Studies Second graders study adults and children in their neighborhoods. Second graders look at the activities of the people in their neighborhoods. They talk about the need for adults to go to work and the need for children to go to school. They will look at other responsibilities people have when they are not at work or school, such as caring for their homes and families, voting, helping neighbors, or perhaps participating in religious activities. Second graders about change in neighborhoods and communities.
Second graders identify examples of changes in neighborhoods.
They study about the effects of change in a community. Based on this, they predict logical future changes. Second graders learn simple geography and economics. Second graders will construct simple maps and drawings of their home, classroom, school or neighborhood. They use geographic terms to describe landforms, bodies of water, weather, and climate.