2520.4 Science 9 12 - West Virginia Schools

ObjectivesSS.O.02.03.01SS.O.02.03.02SS.O.02.03.03SS.O.02.03.04SS.O.02.03.05SS.O.02.03.06Students willmake economic choices and predict the consequences of those choices.research various occupations and how job opportunities in the community have changed.examine bartering as an alternative method of securing goods/services and needs/wants and compare to present ways of acquiringgoods and services.compare and contrast the needs of people in different cultures and show how they meet their needs in different ways.explain the role of banks in saving for the future purchase of goods and services.construct and interpret a variety of graph, charts, and tables.Grade 2 Social StudiesStandard: 4 GeographySS.S.02.04 Students will• interpret and choose maps, globes and other geographic tools to categorize and organize information about personaldirections, people, places, and environments (The World in Spatial Terms).• examine the physical and human characteristics of place and explain how the lives of people are rooted in places andregions (Places and Regions).• analyze physical processes that shape the earth’s surface and create, sustain and modify the cultural and naturalenvironment (Physical Systems).• analyze and illustrate how the earth is shaped by the movement of people and their activities (Human Systems).• analyze the interaction of society with the environment (Environment and Society).• point out geographic perspective and the tools and assess techniques available for geographic study (Uses of Geography).Performance Descriptors (SS.PD.2.04)Distinguished Above Mastery Mastery Partial Mastery NoviceSecond grade studentsperforming at thedistinguished level ingeography:Second grade studentsperforming at the abovemastery level in geography:Second grade studentsperforming at the masterylevel in geography :Second grade studentsperforming at the partialmastery level in geography:Second grade studentsperforming at the novicelevel in geography:explain the value of locatingWest Virginia, the US, majorworld regions and majorgeographic features onmaps and globes;illustrate West Virginia, theUnited States, major worldregions and majorgeographic features onmaps and globes;recognize the United Statesand West Virginia byshape, relative location, andmajor geographic featureson different maps andglobes;identify West Virginia, theUnited States andgeographic features by theirshapes on maps andglobes;point out West Virginia, theUnited States and majorgeographic features byshape on a map or globe;evaluate the use of thecompass rose, map legend,and various map scales;create a diagram of acompass rose, map legend,and a school or class mapto scale; anddemonstrate knowledge ofcompass rose, a maplegend, and choose a mapscale; andlocate the compass roseand map symbols on a mapand draw a simple map oftheir school; andlabel the directions on acompass rose, identifycommon map symbolsfound on a map; and24