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NYC Social Studies Grade 2 Table of Contents

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NYC Social Studies Grade 2 Table of Contents

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Our Community’s

Geography 1

NYC
Standards
Unit Almanac Five Boroughs of New York City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
to appear
here Vocabulary Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Lesson 1 Geography and Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Skillbuilder Review
Maps, Globes, Symbols, and Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Lesson 2 Your Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14


Skillbuilder
Parts of a Globe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Lesson 3 Land and Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Lesson 4 The Landscape of New York City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24


Biography
Berenice Abbott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Lesson 5 Waterways and Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30


Infographics
lslands and Tunnels of New York City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Lesson 6 Using Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36


Look Closely at a Primary Source
Old Map of New York City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Unit 1 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
New York Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Grade 2
New York City
Over Time 48

NYC
Standards
Unit Almanac New York City Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
to appear
here Vocabulary Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Lesson 1 Case Study
People and Culture of New York City . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Biographies
Robert Moses and Fiorello LaGuardia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Lesson 2 Case Study


Working in New York City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Infographics
lndustries ln New York City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Lesson 3 Native Americans of New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Lesson 4 Dutch and English in New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70


Skillbuilder
Use a Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Lesson 5 The Growth of New York City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Look Closely at a Primary Source
lmmigrants at Ellis lsland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Lesson 6 Technology and Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Unit 2 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
New York Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Grade 2
Urban, Suburban, and
Rural Communities 90
Unit Almanac New York City and Suburbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
NYC
Standards Vocabulary Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
to appear
here Lesson 1 Communities are Diverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Skillbuilder
Use Reference Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Lesson 2 How Communities Develop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Lesson 3 Case Study


A Suburban Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Look Closely at a Primary Source
Levittown Artifact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Lesson 4 Case Study


A Rural Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Infographics
State Fairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Biography
Cesar Chavez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Lesson 5 Case Study


Comparing a Suburban
and a Rural Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Skillbuilder
Compare Fact and Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Unit 3 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126


New York Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Grade 2
Rights, Rules, and
Responsibilities 130

Unit Almanac Public Services in New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132


NYC
Standards Vocabulary Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
to appear
here Lesson 1 Communities Need Rules and Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Biography
Rosa Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Skillbuilder
Resolve Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Lesson 2 Symbols and Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146


Look Closely at a Primary Source
The Star-Spangled Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Lesson 3 Case Study


New York City Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Infographics
Government in Three Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Lesson 4 Case Study


Services in New York City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Lesson 5 Case Study


City, State and National Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Skillbuilder
Make A Decision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Unit 4 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170


New York Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Big Book of Social Studies: A separate component

Grade 2

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