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Grade 2 History and Social Studies Week 13 | Teacher Guide

Grade 2 | HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES

WEEK 13 • TEACHER GUIDE AND ANSWER KEY • DAYS 61–65

Read each lesson aloud with the child and model the worked example before practice. Do not show this key during practice. Accept oral, drawn or written answers where the child cannot yet write the whole answer. On Day 65, read aloud if needed but give no hints.

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Day 61: Primary and Secondary Sources

Standard: SS24.2.12

Practice record: Four sources, printed on the Week 13 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: A girl wrote a letter in 1900 telling her cousin about her first day of school. Is the letter a primary or a secondary source? Worked answer: A primary source.

  1. The farmer’s diary and the photograph of the parade.
  2. A secondary source.
  3. The writer was not alive in 1819 and did not see the events. The book was made long after, using other sources. Accept any answer about being made later by someone who was not there.

Teaching note: Show the child a real primary source from your home, such as an old photograph or a letter, and talk about who made it and when.

Day 62: Reading a Photograph and a Letter

Standard: SS24.2.12

Practice record: A practice letter (written for this lesson, not a real historical letter), printed on the Week 13 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: A photograph shows a crowd holding flags in front of a building. What is one question you should ask about it? Worked answer: Who took the photograph? (Also: When was it taken? What does it show? Why was it taken?)

  1. June wrote it on May 2, 1950.
  2. Any one of: the mayor cutting the ribbon; checking out two books about birds; the new library opening.
  3. It is secondhand. June did not see the fire, because it happened before she was born; Mr. Lee told her about it. Accept secondhand with the reason that she did not see it.

Teaching note: The practice letter is clearly marked as written for this lesson. Real primary sources are used on Day 64.

Day 63: Alabama Events on a Timeline

Standard: SS24.2.12; SS24.2.11

Practice record: Alabama timeline, printed on the Week 13 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: How many years are in a century? Worked answer: 100 years.

  1. Alabama became the 22nd state (1819).
  2. 10 years (1965 – 1955 = 10). That is equal to one decade.
  3. A timeline shows which events came first and how far apart they are, so you can see how one event may have led to another. Accept any answer about order or time between events.

Teaching note: Have the child make a family timeline with three events, such as births or moves, to practice ordering years.

Day 64: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Through Sources

Standard: SS24.2.12

Practice record: Sources about the boycott, printed on the Week 13 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: Is a photograph taken during the boycott a primary source? Worked answer: Yes, it is a primary source.

  1. The police report and the fingerprint card.
  2. 381 days.
  3. It is secondhand. Grandpa did not see the boycott himself; he is repeating what his father told him. Only his father’s own account would be firsthand. Accept secondhand with that reason.

Teaching note: If you look at the police report together on the National Archives DocsTeach site, read it aloud; the handwriting is hard for young readers. The interview is a primary source only for what the family member lived through. Use the observation checklist below.

Hands-on task observation checklist (Interview an older family member). Check each item you observe. Four or five items shows the child met the task goal; two or three means repeat the task with support.

  • ☐ Child asked about an event the person lived through.
  • ☐ Child recorded what happened and when.
  • ☐ Child recorded what the person saw or heard.
  • ☐ Child marked at least one detail as firsthand.
  • ☐ Child can explain why the interview is a primary source only for the person’s own experience.

Day 65: Independent Check: Events and Sources

Standard: SS24.2.12; SS24.2.11

Practice record: Three sources about Alabama, printed on the Week 13 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: Is a textbook a primary or a secondary source? Worked answer: A secondary source.

  1. The history book (2021).
  2. 5 decades (50 years).
  3. Example: The photograph of the march is a primary source, because the photographer was there and took it at the time. Accept any source with the correct label and a reason about when it was made and who made it.

Teaching note: Independent check: read aloud if needed, but give no hints.

Sources

Library of Congress, Getting Started with Primary Sources (primary sources are created at the time under study) | Library of Congress, Teaching with the Library blog: What Makes a Primary Source a Primary Source? (secondary sources are made by someone without firsthand experience) | Alabama Bicentennial Park, Path to Statehood (Alabama admitted as the 22nd state, December 14, 1819) | Encyclopedia of Alabama, Birmingham Iron and Steel Companies (Birmingham founded 1871) | National Archives, Police Report on Arrest of Rosa Parks, December 1, 1955 (National Archives Identifier 596074) | National Archives, press release: arrest records of Rosa Parks (charged with refusing to obey orders of bus driver) | Encyclopaedia Britannica, Montgomery bus boycott (December 5, 1955 to December 20, 1956; 381 days) | National Park Service, Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail (March 1965 march; Voting Rights Act signed August 6, 1965)

Week 13 Student Textbook | Week 13 Practice Workbook | Week 13 Teacher Guide | Week 12 Student Textbook | Week 14 Student Textbook | Grade 2 index