History-2nd Grade

Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United States and other Nations. Understand religious events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of the United States, other Nations and the Church. 

Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation. Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation to religious events, trends and Church individuals and movements. Relate that Jesus, as God incarnate, existed in history just like we do. CSIS2 Describe how reading history is a way we can learn about what God does for humanity. CSIS3

Understand the development of significant political events (United States/World). Understand the development of significant Church or religious events. Explain the history of the Catholic Church and its impact in human events. CSIS4 Exhibit knowledge of essential dates, persons, places and facts, especially those relevant to the western traditions. CSIS

Understand the development of economic systems (United States/World). Understand how moral or religious thought contributed to the development of economic systems. Explain how one’s beliefs about God, about humanity, and about material things, affect one’s actions. CSIS7 Discuss how history can assist man in the acquisition of values and virtues. CSIS12

Understand Illinois, United States, and world social history (United States/World). Understand social history of Church, Illinois, United States, and world. Demonstrate an understanding about great figures of history by examining their lives for examples of virtue. CSGS2 Value the significance and impact of the Catholic Church throughout history. CSDS5

Understand Illinois, United States, and world environmental history (United States/World). Understand how Church belief regarding creation and God’s providence shape history of United States and the world. Demonstrate a general understanding of the “story” of humanity from creation to present through a Catholic concept of the world and man. CSGS1 Relate how history begins and ends in God and how history has a religious dimension. CSIS1

Place a series of events from a chronology (e.g., the student's life, Jesus’ life) in their proper places on a timeline.

Explain how the individual events on a timeline are related to one another.

Use a story or an image about the past to describe what life was like for people who lived during that period.

Tell what it was like for a saint during their time.

Explain why people need to know about the history of those who live in other places.

Identify key people in local, U.S. and/or world history.

Identify key people in the history of the Church and tell why they were important.

Name a significant idea or event from the past.

Identify a local and/or historical monument or place.

Tell how a past event has influenced their life.

Explain why people traded in the past.

Describe how people made a living in the past.

Tell ways people make choices to survive and improve their lives in past and present.

Tell why doing the right thing is important to all people. Give examples.

Identify stories and folktales that describe various customs and practices of the Church, state, country, and world.

Tell how stories and folktales influence people.

Tell how past traditions show how various customs influence society, including Church traditions. 

Name organizations that help to improve community life (e.g., Red Cross, YWCA/YMCA, St. Vincent DePaul, CCW, Knights of Columbus).

Tell about a myth, legend, or story that people told to describe the physical environment of a place or region in Illinois, U.S. or world.

Locate places where important events took place.

Locate the Vatican in Rome.