E Pluribus Unum:  From Many, One

History

Grade 2

Overarching Question: What is an American?

 

Essential Questions:

¨       How can a calendar help us measure time?

¨       How can we use language to describe time?

¨       How is an historical time line an organizational tool?

¨       Where do our families and our ancestors come from?

 

Enduring Understandings 

Knowledge, and Skills

MA History/ Social  Science Curriculum Framework (2003)

 

Assessments

Learning Experiences

Enduring Understandings:

The passage of time can be measured and described.

 

The United States is a land of people with diverse ethnic origins, customs, and traditions.

 

Contributions of diverse people in the past affect how we live today

 

Time can be measured and described using a variety of tools (clock, calendar, timeline).

 

The sequence of events in the past can be represented on a timeline.

 

Diversity is a strength of our country the diverse cultures of Americans..

 

There are many different holidays, traditions, languages, and customs in

 

The actions of many people in the past have had an

impact how we live today.

 

Skills: Students will be able to:

Read and understand a time line.

 

Discuss events on a timeline, compare/contrast important events. Contributions of individuals.

Learning Standards:

Use a calendar to identify days, weeks, months, years, and seasons,

 

Use correctly words and phrases related to time (now, in the past, in the future), changing historical periods (other times, other places), and causation (because, reasons.)

 

Explain the information that historical timelines convey and then put in chronological order events in the student’s life (e.g., the year he or she was born, started school, or moved to a new neighborhood) or in the history of countries studied.

 

After reading or listening to a variety of true stories about individuals recognized for their achievements, describe and compare different ways people have achieved great distinction (e.g. scientific, professional, political, religious, commercial, military, athletic, or artistic)

Sample Assessments:

 

Create a Venn Diagram to compare/contrast two famous Americans.

 

Draw pictures on a timeline to identify important historical people, places or events.

 

Create a storyboard depicting an important event in history or events in the life of an important historical figure.

 

Sample Learning Experiences/Activities:

 

Explore narrative accounts from American History to understand alternate perspectives.

 

Read historical fiction and biographies and be able to identify contributions of these individuals.

 

The Pilgrims, Native Americans, Martin Luther King Jr., George Washington, Ben Franklin, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ruby Bridges, etc,