SS10.2.1

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 2

Students know:

Reasons for the settlement of the thirteen colonies the voting process.
The three branches of government and how they were established.
The roles of major political parties within the voting process. School and classroom rules.
Democratic values as expressed in documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Emancipation Proclamation.
Vocabulary: American democracy, founding of the nation, settlement, thirteen colonies, Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States, government, executive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch, voting process, election, political parties, Democrat, Republican, Independent, Libertarian, rules, democratic values

Students are able to:

Analyze a primary document.
Relate the founding of our nation to American democracy.
Identify the basic principles of democracy found in the Declaration of Independence.
Identify the basic principles of democracy found in the Constitution of the United States.
Describe the establishment of the three branches of government.
Recognize the roles of the major political parties in the voting process.
Utilize school and classroom rules.

Students understand that: