Content Area: Social Studies

 

Index: 6.2A Grade 2 CPI 3

 

Standard: 6.2 - Civics

 

Strand: A - Civic Life, Politics, and Government

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 3 - The student will describe how American citizens can participate in community and political life.

 

Grade: 2

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        Invite representatives of various service agencies into the classroom to discuss some of the needs that they address in the local community. Students ask questions to learn how these agencies attempt to meet these needs.

 

      Students organize a classroom or school effort to promote the general welfare of the community through a food or clothing drive, or visits to nursing homes. Students experience firsthand how each citizen can play a part in promoting the general welfare of others.

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