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Grade 2 History and Social Studies Week 18 | Teacher Guide

Grade 2 | HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES

WEEK 18 • TEACHER GUIDE AND ANSWER KEY • DAYS 86–90

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 90, read aloud if needed but give no hints.

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Day 86: Continents, Oceans and the Equator

Standard: SS24.2.7

Practice figure: World map with letters and numbers, printed on the Week 18 Practice Workbook. Continents: A North America, B South America, C Europe, D Africa, E Asia, F Australia, G Antarctica. Oceans: 1 Pacific, 2 Atlantic, 3 Indian, 4 Arctic, 5 Southern.

Worked example: Which continent is covered in ice and lies all the way at the bottom of a world map? Worked answer: Antarctica.

  1. A.
  2. The Atlantic Ocean.
  3. South. Australia is below the dashed equator line, so it is in the Southern Hemisphere.

Teaching note: Use a globe if you have one, and let the child trace the equator with a finger. The map is a simple drawing, so continent shapes are not exact.

Day 87: Physical Maps and Political Maps

Standard: SS24.2.8

Practice record: What does each map show?, printed on the Week 18 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: A map shows mountains in brown and rivers and lakes in blue. What kind of map is it? Worked answer: A physical map.

  1. Any two of: mountains, hills, valleys, rivers, lakes, coasts, high and low land.
  2. A political map.
  3. A physical map, because it shows rivers and the shape of the land along them. Accept a political map only with a sensible reason, such as finding the town where the trip starts.

Teaching note: The table’s second column is filled in by the child (physical, political, physical, political).

Day 88: Alabama on Two Kinds of Maps

Standard: SS24.2.8

Practice figure: Map of Alabama, printed on the Week 18 Practice Workbook. A river crosses the north. Dots: Huntsville (north), Birmingham (center north), Montgomery (center), Mobile (southwest).

Worked example: Which state is north of Alabama? Worked answer: Tennessee.

  1. Montgomery.
  2. Mississippi.
  3. The river is a physical feature because it is part of the natural land and water. The cities are political features because people built them, named them and set their borders.

Teaching note: If the child asks about the Gulf’s name, see the note on Day 92.

Day 89: Hands-On: Make a Map with a Key

Standard: SS24.2.8; SS24.2.10

Practice record: Oak Lane (a make-believe street), printed on the Week 18 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: On a map key, a small triangle stands for a tree. What does a triangle on the map mean? Worked answer: A tree.

  1. The compass rose.
  2. It tells what each symbol on the map means.
  3. So that people who should not know where a family lives cannot find the home. Real addresses are private information. Accept any answer about keeping a home or family safe and private.

Teaching note: The optional home map stays private: check that it has no house number or street name, and do not post or share it. Use the observation checklist below.

Hands-on task observation checklist (Draw a map of a street). 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 placed the street and all four places to match the description.
  • ☐ Child added a title.
  • ☐ Child drew a compass rose with N, E, S and W.
  • ☐ Child made a key with a symbol for each kind of place.
  • ☐ Child’s map leaves out any real house number or street name.

Day 90: Independent Check: Continents, Oceans and Maps

Standard: SS24.2.7; SS24.2.8

Practice figure: World map with numbers and letters, printed on the Week 18 Practice Workbook. Continents: 1 North America, 2 South America, 3 Europe, 4 Africa, 5 Asia, 6 Australia, 7 Antarctica. Oceans: A Pacific, B Atlantic, C Indian, D Arctic, E Southern.

Worked example: Is Antarctica in the Northern Hemisphere or the Southern Hemisphere? Worked answer: The Southern Hemisphere.

  1. The Atlantic Ocean.
  2. A political map.
  3. North. Alabama is in North America, and North America is above the equator on the map.

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

Sources

NOAA National Ocean Service, How many oceans are there? | Encyclopedia of Alabama, Cheaha State Park (Cheaha Mountain, the highest point in Alabama) | Encyclopedia of Alabama, Quick Facts (capital: Montgomery) | Congressional Research Service, Trump Administration Actions: Geographic Naming (federal name Gulf of America since 2025; both names appear on maps)

Week 18 Student Textbook | Week 18 Practice Workbook | Week 18 Teacher Guide | Week 17 Student Textbook | Week 19 Student Textbook | Grade 2 index