Delaware: 2nd-Grade Standards
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DE.2.C1. Content Standard: Civics
Students will examine the structure and purposes of governments with specific emphasis on constitutional democracy.
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2.C1.1. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students interpret the actions of elected officials in order to explain how the interests of the people who elected them are represented.
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2.C1.2. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students understand that leaders are sometimes chosen by election, and that elected officials are expected to represent the interests of the people who elected them.
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2.C1.3. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students understand that positions of authority, whether elected, appointed, or familial, carry responsibilities and should be respected.
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DE.2.C2. Content Standard: Civics
Students will understand the principles and ideals underlying the American political system.
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2.C2.1. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students explain the requirements of a healthy democracy.
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2.C2.2. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students understand that respect for others, their opinions, and their property is a foundation of civil society in the United States.
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DE.2.C3. Content Standard: Civics
Students will understand the responsibilities, rights, and privileges of United States citizens.
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2.C3.1. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students explain the relationship between rights and responsibilities.
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2.C3.2. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students understand that American citizens have distinct responsibilities (such as voting), rights (such as free speech and freedom of religion), and privileges (such as driving).
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DE.2.C4. Content Standard: Civics
Students will develop and employ the civic skills necessary for effective, participatory citizenship.
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2.C4.1. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students interpret how people work together to explain what makes an effective participant in a group.
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2.C4.2. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students acquire the skills necessary for participating in a group, including defining an objective, dividing responsibilities, and working cooperatively.
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DE.2.E1. Content Standard: Economics
Students will analyze the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy.
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2.E1.1. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students interpret choices of consumers and producers to explain how people satisfy wants.
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2.E1.2. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students understand that individuals and families with limited resources undertake a wide variety of activities to satisfy their wants.
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2.E1.3. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students analyze a choice between two resources in order to explain how to make the best decision.
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2.E1.4. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students apply the concept that economic choices require the balancing of costs incurred with benefits received.
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DE.2.E2. Content Standard: Economics
Students will examine the interaction of individuals, families, communities, businesses, and governments in a market economy.
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2.E2.1. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students explain why different forms of money are valued and how using a medium of exchange makes trade easier.
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2.E2.2. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students understand how barter, money, and other media are employed to facilitate the exchange of resources, goods, and services.
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DE.2.E3. Content Standard: Economics
Students will understand different types of economic systems and how they change.
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2.E3.1. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students explain different ways that people allocate various resources.
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2.E3.2. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students identify human wants and the various resources and strategies which have been used to satisfy them over time.
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DE.2.E4. Content Standard: Economics
Students will examine the patterns and results of international trade.
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2.E4.1. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students explain why specialization requires exchange between people.
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2.E4.2. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students interpret the exchange of goods and services to explain interdependence between countries.
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2.E4.3. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students understand that the exchange of goods and services around the world creates economic interdependence between people in different places.
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DE.2.G1. Content Standard: Geography
Students will develop a personal geographic framework, or 'mental map', and understand the uses of maps and other geographics.
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2.G1.1. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students construct and interpret maps to find and identify natural and human-made features.
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2.G1.2. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students identify different types of maps that can be used to answer real-world questions.
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2.G1.3. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students understand the nature and uses of maps, globes, and other geographics.
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DE.2.G2. Content Standard: Geography
Students will develop a knowledge of the ways humans modify and respond to the natural environment.
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2.G2.1. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students explain why climate and landform differs around the world.
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2.G2.2. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students explain how different climates and landforms affect human activity.
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2.G2.3. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students distinguish different types of climate and landforms and explain why they occur.
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DE.2.G3. Content Standard: Geography
Students will develop an understanding of the diversity of human culture and the unique nature of places.
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2.G3.1. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students explain why different places have similar or different cultures.
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2.G3.2. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students explain how places may change.
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2.G3.3. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students identify types of human settlement, connections between settlements, and the types of activities found in each.
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DE.2.G4. Content Standard: Geography
Students will develop an understanding of the character and use of regions and the connections between and among them.
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2.G4.1. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students identify types of human settlement, connections between settlements, and the types of activities found in each.
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2.G4.2. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students use the concepts of place and region to explain simple patterns of connections between and among places across the country and the world.
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DE.2.H1. Content Standard: History
Students will employ chronological concepts in analyzing historical phenomena.
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2.H1.1. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students explain why a given sequence of events is in chronological order.
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2.H1.2. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students analyze the order of events to arrange them chronologically.
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2.H1.3. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students use clocks, calendars, schedules, and written records to record or locate events in time.
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DE.2.H2. Content Standard: History
Students will gather, examine, and analyze historical data.
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2.H2.1. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students explain how to learn about the past from physical evidence.
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2.H2.2. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students use artifacts and documents to gather information about the past.
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DE.2.H3. Content Standard: History
Students will interpret historical data.
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2.H3.1. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students explain why an artifact or document can be used to learn something new.
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2.H3.2. Performance Indicator / Gle:
Students understand that historical accounts are constructed by drawing logical inferences from artifacts and documents.
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