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Geography · Grade 2
Maps use three kinds of symbols (points, lines and areas) and a compass rose with eight directions. Learners read keys with colors and shapes, add the in-between directions NE, NW, SE and SW, give and follow directions on a park map, and use directions to describe where real states are from Illinois.
Geography · Grade 2
A grid turns a map into squares, so every place gets an address. Learners find places with letter–number references like B3, plot points on a number grid by counting across and then up, build a grid map of a made-up park where big features cover several squares, and count squares to compare routes.
Geography · Grade 2
Earth's land is split into seven continents and its water into five oceans. Learners find every continent and ocean on a world map, spin a globe to compare it with a flat map, use the equator and the North and South Poles as guide marks, and put continents and oceans in order of size, starting with our own continent, North America.
Geography · Grade 2
Rivers have parts, and coasts have shapes. Learners follow a river from its source to its mouth, see how the Missouri and Ohio rivers feed the Mississippi and how the Mississippi built its delta, name coastal features such as bays, peninsulas, cliffs and harbors, find real examples on a map, and discover that moving water slowly wears land away in some places and builds it up in others.
Geography · Grade 2
Natural resources are things from nature that people use: water, soil, trees, rocks and minerals, plants and animals, sunlight and wind. Learners trace products back to the resources they come from, read a resource map with a key, explain why communities grow near resources (with real examples from Illinois and California), and choose ways to conserve resources by reducing, reusing and recycling.
Geography · Grade 2
People and goods move by land, water and air, along roads, railroads, waterways and air routes. Learners sort kinds of transportation, choose a way to travel by weighing time, cost and what is carried, add and compare miles and minutes on a route map, and follow goods such as corn and bananas on journeys that use more than one kind of transportation and cross real oceans.
Geography · Grade 2
How are places alike and different, and how do we know? Learners describe urban, suburban and rural communities from clues, read tables and bar charts to compare places (including real average temperatures and precipitation for Chicago, Miami and Denver), highlight the sentences in a text that are evidence, and make claims that are backed by evidence instead of opinions.
Geography · Grade 2
An atlas is a book of maps. Learners use an atlas's contents page and its index with letter-number squares, name the parts every atlas page needs (title, key, compass rose, scale, and pictures with captions), measure distances with a simple scale where 1 square = 1 block, and then plan, build and check their own illustrated atlas page for a made-up home region, keeping real addresses private.
