Oklahoma State Standards for Social Studies: Grade 2

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OK.1. Social Studies: The student will develop and practice the process skills of social studies.

1.1. Use information located in resources such as encyclopedias, timelines, visual images, atlases, maps, globes, and computer-based technologies. 11
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 1.1.

1.2. Use children's literature to compare and contrast one's own community to others. 23
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 1.2.

1.3. Identify the order of events on a simple timeline (e.g., holidays, school events, and the student's life). 40
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 1.3.

OK.2. Social Studies: The student will examine communities from a spatial perspective.

2.1. Name major landmarks in the community; construct simple maps showing some of these landmarks, the roads connecting them, and directional indicators (north, south, east, and west), and give titles to the maps (e.g., the name of the town). 18
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 2.1.

2.2. Describe the landmark and cultural features of the community (e.g., historic homes, schools, churches, bridges, parks, and neighborhoods) and compare these with similar features in other parts of the United States. 22
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 2.2.

2.3. Identify locations on a basic map, write directions for going from one location to another, and use directional indicators to describe locations on the map using both cardinal and intermediate directions. 9
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 2.3.

2.4. Identify basic landforms and bodies of water (e.g., plains, mountains, rivers, and gulfs), the four oceans, the seven continents, human-made features (e.g., roads and towns). 25
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 2.4.

2.5. Locate and identify the following on a map of the United States: Oklahoma, the six surrounding states, the Mississippi River, the Great Lakes region, the Rocky Mountains, the Appalachian Mountains, the Great Plains, and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. 16
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 2.5.

OK.3. Social Studies: The student will analyze the human characteristics of communities.

3.1. Identify examples of rules in the classroom and community, and relate the purposes of those rules (e.g., to help people live and work together safely and peacefully) and the consequences of breaking them. 9
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 3.1.

3.2. Provide examples of honesty, courage, patriotism, and other admirable character traits seen in United States history. 16
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 3.2.

3.3. Explain and demonstrate good citizenship (e.g., obeying classroom rules, taking turns, and showing respect for others and their belongings). 43
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 3.3.

3.4. Study how history involves events and people of other times and places through legends, folktales, and historical accounts (e.g., Paul Revere's ride, Johnny Appleseed, Betsy Ross, John Henry, and Paul Bunyan) in children's literature. 50
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 3.4.

3.5. Identify examples of interesting Americans through exposure to biographies of important people of the past (e.g., George Washington, Sacajawea, and Harriet Tubman). 25
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 3.5.

OK.4. Social Studies: The student will examine the interaction of the environment and the people of a community.

4.1. Describe how location and weather affect the way people live. 84
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 4.1.

4.2. Identify the choices people make about food, clothing, shelter, occupation, transportation, and recreation. 49
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 4.2.

OK.5. Social Studies: The student will understand basic economic elements found in communities.

5.1. Distinguish between basic needs (food, clothing, and shelter) and wants (luxuries), and explain how needs and wants can be met (e.g., earning money, saving, and gifts). 45
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 5.1.

5.2. Describe the occupations and roles of people in the neighborhood and community who provide goods and services. 18
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 5.2.

5.3. Describe ways people are paid (e.g., by check, in cash, and with goods), the places to keep their money safe (e.g., the bank), and ways they pay for goods and services (e.g., check, cash, credit card, and barter (trading goods and services)). 28
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 5.3.

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