Grade 2 History and Social Studies Week 9 | Teacher Guide

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Day 41: Trade Between Countries

Standard: SS24.2.4a

Practice record: Export or import?, printed on the Week 9 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: A car made in Alabama is shipped to Germany and sold there. For the United States, is the car an export or an import? Worked answer: It is an export, because it leaves the United States to be sold in Germany.

1. An import.
2. An export.
3. Each country has different land, weather and skills, so it can make or grow some things better than others. Trading lets people get things they cannot easily make. Accept any answer about different resources or abilities.

Teaching note: Remember: ex means out (exit), and im means in.

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Day 42: Imports in Our Homes

Standard: SS24.2.4a

Practice record: Label hunt, printed on the Week 9 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: Why are bananas imported to the United States? Worked answer: They grow best in warm countries, so they are grown there and shipped here.

1. The toothbrush.
2. Bananas, jeans and coffee.
3. A label tells where a good was made or grown. If it names another country, the good was imported. Accept any answer about reading the country on the label.

Teaching note: Go on a label hunt at home or in a store. Record five items and where each came from.

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Day 43: Goods Made in Alabama

Standard: SS24.2.4a

Practice record: Alabama goods, printed on the Week 9 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: Name one good that is made in Alabama factories. Worked answer: Cars (or trucks).

1. Cotton and peanuts.
2. Alabama forests.
3. Paper is made from wood, and forests provide trees. Having many trees close by means there is plenty of wood to use. Accept any answer linking trees to paper.

Teaching note: Facts about Alabama’s auto industry come from the Alabama Department of Commerce (see Sources).

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Day 44: Alabama Exports to the World

Standard: SS24.2.4a

Practice record: Where Alabama cars went, printed on the Week 9 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: What is Alabama’s top export? Worked answer: Motor vehicles, such as cars.

1. Any two of: Germany, China, Canada, Mexico, South Korea.
2. More than 190 countries.
3. When more cars are sold, factories need workers to build them. Workers earn income and spend it in their communities. Accept any answer about jobs or income.

Teaching note: Find Germany, Canada and Mexico on a world map, and trace a path from Alabama to each one. Figures are from the Alabama Department of Commerce.

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Day 45: Independent Check: Trade, Imports and Exports

Standard: SS24.2.4a

Practice record: Story: The Shipping Port, printed on the Week 9 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: Is a good brought into the United States from another country an import or an export? Worked answer: It is an import, because it comes in from another country.

1. An export.
2. An import.
3. Alabama producers can ship goods like lumber to other countries from the port, and Alabama consumers get imported goods like bananas that come through the port. Accept any answer naming one benefit for each group.

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

Sources

Alabama Department of Commerce, Alabama exports total $26.8 billion in 2024 (motor vehicles are the top export) | Alabama Department of Commerce, Alabama auto industry’s rapid growth (five automakers; top-five auto state) | Observatory of Economic Complexity, Bananas: United States imports (Guatemala, Ecuador, Costa Rica) | Encyclopedia of Alabama, Modern Cotton Production in Alabama | Encyclopedia of Alabama, Peanut Production in Alabama

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