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Grade 2 History and Social Studies Week 19 | Teacher Guide

Grade 2 | HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES

WEEK 19 • TEACHER GUIDE AND ANSWER KEY • DAYS 91–95

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 95, read aloud if needed but give no hints.

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Day 91: Regions of the United States

Standard: SS24.2.9

Practice record: Five regions, printed on the Week 19 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: A region has wide, flat plains where farmers grow corn and wheat. Which region is it most like? Worked answer: The Midwest.

  1. Any one of: Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee.
  2. The Southwest.
  3. The Southeast is warm and wet, so plants that need lots of rain grow well there. The Southwest is dry, with deserts, so farmers there need crops that use less water or must bring in water. Accept any answer linking weather or land to crops.

Teaching note: Region lists vary between maps; this curriculum uses the same five regions as Week 2.

Day 92: Words for Land and Water in Alabama

Standard: SS24.2.9a

Practice record: Land and water words, printed on the Week 19 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: What do we call low land between two mountains? Worked answer: A valley.

  1. An island.
  2. Mobile Bay.
  3. A lake has land all around it. A bay is part of a larger body of water, so it is open on one side and reaches into the land. Accept any answer about the bay being open to a larger body of water.

Teaching note: About the Gulf’s name: since 2025 the United States government has used the name Gulf of America for federal maps and records. Mexico and many other countries still use the name Gulf of Mexico, and many maps show both. Earlier lessons used Gulf of Mexico. Tell the child that the same body of water has two names in use today, and that both refer to the gulf on Alabama’s southern coast.

Day 93: Directions on a Map of Alabama

Standard: SS24.2.10

Practice figure: Map of Alabama, printed on the Week 19 Practice Workbook. A river crosses the north. Dots: Huntsville (north), Birmingham (center north), Montgomery (center), Mobile (southwest). Only the north arrow is shown.

Worked example: On the map, Montgomery is below Huntsville. In which direction is Montgomery from Huntsville? Worked answer: South.

  1. Mobile.
  2. North.
  3. Southwest. Mobile is lower on the map (south) and to the left (west) of Montgomery, so the direction is southwest.

Teaching note: Only the north arrow is shown on purpose: the child works out the other directions from it.

Day 94: Hands-On: Grid-Map Hunt

Standard: SS24.2.10; SS24.2.10a

Practice figure: Grid map of Alabama, printed on the Week 19 Practice Workbook. Squares: Decatur B1, Gadsden C1, Tuscaloosa B2, Montgomery C3, Mobile A4.

Worked example: A dot is in column D and row 2. How do you name its square? Worked answer: D2.

  1. C3.
  2. Gadsden.
  3. Southwest. Mobile is in row 4, lower than Gadsden in row 1 (south), and in column A, to the left of Gadsden in column C (west).

Teaching note: Use the observation checklist below. The grid squares are listed in the figure note above for checking.

Hands-on task observation checklist (Grid-map hunt). 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 named each grid square with the letter first.
  • ☐ Child found at least four of the five squares correctly.
  • ☐ Child chose two cities.
  • ☐ Child wrote a correct direction between them.
  • ☐ Child checked answers with the letter and number.

Day 95: Independent Check: Regions, Words, Directions and Grids

Standard: SS24.2.9; SS24.2.9a; SS24.2.10; SS24.2.10a

Practice figure: Grid map of Alabama, printed on the Week 19 Practice Workbook. Squares: Selma B3, Talladega C2, Mobile A4.

Worked example: What do we call a very large body of salt water, like the Pacific? Worked answer: An ocean.

  1. B3.
  2. Mountain.
  3. Example: the Southeast has long coasts, and Alabama has a coast on the Gulf with Mobile Bay. Or: the Southeast has warm, wet weather and forests, and Alabama has many forests and rivers. Accept a correct feature with an Alabama example.

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