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Content Area: Social Studies
Index: 6.6D Grade 2 CPI 1
Standard: 6.6 - Geography
Strand: D - Human Systems
Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 - The student will identify the types of transportation used to move goods and people.
Grade: 2
Sample Activities:
· Students brainstorm answers to the following questions: What major inventions throughout history have made air, sea, and land transportation faster and easier? What major inventions throughout history have made communication faster and easier? Students then research these two topics. Ask the library media specialist to introduce students to relevant resources, including bookmarked Web sites, encyclopedias, and other reference works. After completing their research, students work in two separate groups—one for transportation and the other for communication—to prepare timelines. These timelines will show how, where, and by whom transportation and communication advancements were developed and how the discoveries have made the world more interdependent by increasing the global flow of goods and services.
· Use a phone book and map of the local community to locate large clusters of related businesses or other economic activities. Students work cooperatively to research how improvements in communication and transportation keep the businesses in operation. They also investigate why the businesses are located where they are.
Kidspiration Activities:
· Use symbols and links to show relationships among groups · Use symbols and links to create a timeline.
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