2nd Grade Social Studies Unit 8

Big Idea:

Identify the function and purpose of government and government services.

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

2.11(A) [Readiness] identify functions of governments such as establishing order, providing security, and managing conflict;

2.11(B) [Readiness] identify governmental services in the community such as police and fire protection, libraries, schools, and parks and explain their value to the community;

Focus TEKS

2.11(C) [Supporting] describe how governments tax citizens to pay for services.

2.14(C) [Supporting] identify selected symbols such as state and national birds and flowers and patriotic symbols such as the U.S. and Texas flags and Uncle Sam; and

2.14(D) [Readiness] identify how selected customs, symbols, and celebrations reflect an American love of individualism, inventiveness, and freedom.

Ongoing TEKS

2.20A use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, generates options, predict outcome, take action to implement a decision, and reflect on the effectiveness of that decision.

Student Learning Targets:

• I will write about how communities provide the needs and wants for their citizens.
• I will learn how the government improves the way we live by providing services which establish order, provide security, and manage conflict.
• I will obtain information through a variety of sources including maps, photographs, pictures, and text.

Essential Questions:

• How do communities provide for the needs and wants of their citizens?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: American Legacy, Studies Weekly

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