Cultural Program Goals and Objectives
Grade Level 2

About the Cultural Program
Social Studies and Science are often treated as separate subjects in school, but with our Cultural Program, we’ll combine social studies and science. During the habitat classes, students explore the Sound, Salt Marsh, Pond, Beach and Forest, and focus on human interaction with the habitats. We’ll explore the three groups of people to inhabit our area (African Americans, Europeans, and Native Americans) and find out how each group experimented with island plants, animals and other materials. Finally, we’ll explore how our current culture (that’s us!) uses plants, animals and materials native to our island habitat and how we can conserve and protect them. Because of the multi-disciplinary mix of social studies and science, we are offering these classes only to groups of students 6th grade and younger.

Main Curriculum Area: Social Studies
Grade Level: 2


Primary Goals and Objectives:
These objectives will be covered during all Cultural Program classes. Some objectives are more specific to one habitat than another, so if your schedule does not allow you to take all offered classes, or if there are particular objectives that you want to make sure we cover, please let us know what your specific needs are.

Second Grade Regional Studies: Local, State, United States, and the World
Social Studies Skill Competency
Goal 1
The learner will identify and exhibit qualities of responsible citizenship in the classroom, school, and other social environments.

Objectives
1.01 Identify and describe attributes of responsible citizenship.

1.02 Demonstrate responsible citizenship in the school, community, and other social environments.

1.03 Analyze and evaluate the effects of responsible citizenship in the school, community, and other social environments.

1.04 Identify responsible courses of action in given situations and assess the consequences of irresponsible behavior.


Social Studies Skill Competency
Goal 2
The learner will evaluate relationships between people and their governments.

Objectives
2.05 Identify examples of responsible citizen participation in society and social environments.
Social Studies Skill Competency
Goal 3
The learner will analyze how individuals, families, and communities are alike and different.

Objectives
3.03 Compare similarities and differences among cultures in various communities.
Social Studies Skill Competency
Goal 4
The learner will exhibit an understanding of change in communities over time.

Objectives
4.01 Analyze the effects of change in communities and predict future changes.

4.02 Analyze environmental issues, past and present, and determine their impact on different cultures.


Social Studies Skill Competency
Goal 5
The learner will identify and exhibit qualities of good citizenship in the classroom, school, and other social environments.

Objectives
5.01 Define geography and use geographic terms to describe landforms, bodies of water, weather, and climate.

5.03 Compare and contrast the physical features of communities and regions.

5.04 Identify the absolute and relative location of communities.

5.05 Interpret maps, charts, and pictures of locations.

5.06 Identify and describe the people, vegetation, and animal life specific to certain regions and describe their interdependence.


Social Studies Skill Competency
Goal 6
The learner will analyze how people depend on the physical environment and use natural resources to meet basic needs.

Objectives
6.01 Identify natural resources and cite ways people conserve and replenish natural resources.

6.02 Cite ways people modify the physical environment to meet their needs and explain the consequences.


Social Studies Skill Competency
Goal 8
The learner will recognize how technology is used at home, school, and in the community.

Objectives
8.01 Identify uses of technology in communities.

8.02 Explain how technology has affected the world in which we live.


Social Studies
K-12 Skill Competency
Goal 2
The learner will acquire strategies to access a variety of sources, and use appropriate research skills to gather, synthesize, and report information using diverse modalities to demonstrate the knowledge acquired.

Objectives
2.04 Utilize community-related resources such as field trips, guest speakers, and interviews.


Social Studies
K-12 Skill Competency
Goal 3
The learner will acquire strategies to analyze, interpret, create, and use resources and materials.

Objectives
3.01 Use map and globe reading skills.

Social Studies
K-12 Skill Competency
Goal 4
The learner will acquire strategies needed for applying decision-making and problem-solving techniques both orally and in writing to historic, contemporary, and controversial world issues.

Objectives
4.01 Use hypothetical reasoning processes.

4.02 Examine, understand, and evaluate conflicting viewpoints.

4.04 Apply conflict resolutions.

4.05 Predict possible outcomes.

4.06 Draw conclusions.

4.08 Develop hypotheses.