Geography-2nd Grade

Understand world geography and the effects of geography on society, with an emphasis on the United States. Understand world geography and the effects of geography and religion on society with an emphasis on the United States.

Locate, describe and explain places, regions and features on the Earth. Locate, describe and explain places, regions and features of God’s creation. 

Analyze and explain characteristics and interactions of the Earth’s physical systems. Analyze and explain the moral implications of our interactions with the Earth’s physical systems.

Understand relationships between geographic factors and society. Understand relationships between geographic factors, society and the Church.

Understand the historical significance of geography. Understand the historical significance of geography and the Church.

Compare physical and person made features of different places on the school/church grounds and in the neighborhood.

Describe the relative location of places using terms such as near, far, towards, away from, next to, to describe events in the story, using a children’s story book, such as Make Way for Duckling and the Giving Tree.

Observe and suggest reasons for locations of stop signs, stoplights, fire hydrants, and other human made features in the area around the school and Church.

Identify similar physical characteristics of Earth using the globe and pictures.

Identify physical characteristics of Earth using the globe and maps; explain that they are God’s creation.

Respond to verbal instructions using a compass rose (directions).

Describe how seasons relate to the ways people dress and seasonal activities they engage in, in different areas of the world

Describe how liturgical seasons relate to seasonal activities; describe some of the practices.

Look at the sky early in the day and predict what the weather might be like.

Identify behaviors that would show respect for the environment.

Tell how people pollute the air, water, and land.

Select pictures from a series that show people using the environment to meet their needs (e.g., cutting trees in a forest, damming up rivers, mining operations).

Locate/draw pictures showing ways that humans use the natural environment.

Describe how people have changed the physical environment of the school grounds and the surrounding neighborhood.

Describe the thing they can do as good stewards of God’s earth.

Describe daily changes in the weather and changes in the seasons in the local community.

Describe changes in the liturgical seasons of the Church.

Describe seasonal changes occurring on the school ground throughout the year.

Explain why physical and human features in the local environment change over time.

Explain why physical and human features of the church change over time (e.g., baptismal font, holy water, tabernacle).