AISL Grade 2 Benchmarks in Social Studies
(Revised June, 2010)
- AISL.SST.01 HISTORY: Students will understand patterns of change and continuity, relationships between people and events through time, and the causes and effects of interaction among societies.
- AISL.SST.01.G2.01 Describe how people, societies, and technology can change over time.
- AISL.SST.01.G2.02 Understand how to use and create a time-line.
- AISL.SST.01.G2.03 Identify people who have made significant contributions to the community and societies
- AISL.SST.01.G2.04 Understand the impact that science and technology have on societies.
- AISL.SST.01.G2.05 Describe how tools and inventions have helped people.
- AISL.SST.02 GEOGRAPHY: Students will understand the concepts of geography and how they contribute to the interaction between humans and natural and man-made environments.
- AISL.SST.02.G2.01 Explain the difference between a map and a globe.
- AISL.SST.02.G2.02 Differentiate between water and landforms on a map and globe.
- AISL.SST.02.G2.03 Name the four cardinal directions on a compass
- AISL.SST.02.G2.04 Locate a compass rose on a map.
- AISL.SST.02.G2.05 Identify, describe, and compare several kinds of landforms (e.g. desert, mountain, valley, plain, hill, island, peninsula).
- AISL.SST.02.G2.06 Identify, describe, and compare several bodies of water (e.g. ocean, lake, river, gulf).
- AISL.SST.02.G2.07 Identify and locate the seven continents on a map and globe.
- AISL.SST.02.G2.08 Identify and locate the major oceans on a map and globe.
- AISL.SST.02.G2.09 Locate the equator and north/south poles on a globe.
- AISL.SST.02.G2.10 Understand how to use a map key.
- AISL.SST.03 CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT: Students will understand why societies create and adopt systems of government and how these systems address human needs, rights, and citizen responsibilities.
- AISL.SST.03.G2.01 Identify community helpers/workers (e.g. police, shopkeeper, teacher).
- AISL.SST.03.G2.02 Describe ways that people work together to improve their community.
- AISL.SST.03.G2.03 Describe the rights and responsibilities of a community member.
- AISL.SST.03.G2.04 Identify key national symbols (e.g. flag, seal) of Lesotho and own nation.
- AISL.SST.03.G2.05 Understand why we need a government and a system of laws.
- AISL.SST.04 CULTURE: Students will understand cultural and intellectual developments and interactions among and within societies
- AISL.SST.04.G2.01 Identify similarities and differences in groups and cultures, around the world.
- AISL.SST.04.G2.02 Understand various cultures’ dress, food, beliefs, music, traditions, storytelling, celebrations, crafts and lifestyles.
- AISL.SST.05 ECONOMICS: Students will understand fundamental economic principles and ways in which economies are shaped by geographic and human factors
- AISL.SST.05.G2.01 Identify and describe basic needs for food, shelter, clothing, healthcare, and education.
- AISL.SST.05.G2.02 Identify and understand the difference between needs and wants.
- AISL.SST.05.G2.03 Identify and describe kinds of jobs in a community.
- AISL.SST.05.G2.04 Explain how jobs provide for people's needs and wants.
- AISL.SST.05.G2.05 Understand how and why people exchanges resources, goods, and services.
- AISL.SST.05.G2.06 Describe how producers provide goods and services to consumers.
- AISL.SST.06 CURRENT EVENTS: Students will understand and analyze major issues and events while tracing their historical foundation.
- AISL.SST.06.G2.01 Identify and analyze conflicts specific to students’ lives (e.g. classroom, school, playground, home life) to consider the conditions, motivations, and actions that lead to these conflicts, and how they can be resolved differently.
- AISL.SST.06.G2.02 Understand how events from the past impact today and the future.
- AISL.SST.06.G2.03 Understand the history of what caused an event.