Specific Learning Objectives for Second and Third Grade

History

Knowledge   
(knows)
Skills
(knows how to)

- Chronological relationships

- Cause and effect relationship between events and situations 

- Transformation of people, objects, environments connected to the passge of time

- Concept of periodization

- Evidence in the community of events, trends and significant figures that have shaped local history 

- The world before man and the experiences of Prehistoric man: the appearance of man, hunters of the ice age, the Neolithic revolution  and agriculture, the development      of crafts and early commerce  

- Passage from prehistory to the history  of man in early civilizations                                  

- Myths and legends about man's origins

- Make use of chronological relationships, and put events in sequence

- Use the clock in all its applications

- Reorder events in logical order and analyze situations that occur at the same time and in the same space

- Identity cause and effect relationships in society and formulate hypotheses about the possible effects of a cause

- Observe and compare objects and people in the present with those of the past

- Distinguish between and compare different oral and written historical sources

- Understand the difference between a myth and a historical account

- Read and interpret evidence of the past found in the community             

- Identify elements of shared traditions in the history of diverse people living in the same place and time

Geography

Knowledge   
(knows)
Skills
(knows how to)

- Relationship between geographic features and their representation:  basic elements of maps and globes;  relative and absolute position, localization

- Physical and human, fixed and movable features of environments: open and enclosed spaces

- Features of national, regional and local geography and the distribution of the predominant physical and human characteristics and their transformation over time

- Man and his activities as part of the environment, and how he uses and protects it

- Behaviours to adopt  to protect living spaces and the surrounding environment

- Formulate proposals for organizing living spaces (classroom, room at home, park) and plan for behaviours to adopt in those spaces

- Read simple maps and illustrated plans, using legends and the cardinal points 

- Recognize and represent graphically the different kinds of landscape (urban, rural, coastal, mountainous ...)

- Describe the principle characteristics of an environment, using appropriate terminology

- Distinguish physical and man-made features of an environment, and highlight significant connections and interactions

- Recognize the most evident changes made by man in the local community

- Organize a walk (in the garden, in the school atrium, ...) that conforms to the     rules of traffic circulation and represent it graphically

          

Science

Knowledge   
(knows)
Skills
(knows how to)

- Solids, liquids, gas in everyday use

- Process of combustion 

- Principle methods of cooking  

- Basic measurements (length, weight, time)

 - Basic definition of environment and nature in relation to man

- Water, an essential element for life

- Plant varieties and observable changes in plants familiar to students

- Animal groups and animal behaviours

- Basic elements of human sexuality: physical differences, the relationship of a couple, maternity and paternity 

 

- Use common instruments to measure length, weight, time

- Compare objects by measuring observable properties

- Transform objects and materials: in the solid state (mold, shatter, melt) and liquid state (mix, dissolve,...)

- Illustrate some elementary transformations of materials with practical examples

- Establish and apply simple criteria to classify a group of objects

- Recognize the parts of a plant

- Describe an environment in relation to man's activities

- Explain why water, soil, etc. must be conserved

- Understand the need for synergy and interaction for the survival of man and the environment

- Gather evidence and give a clear report on discoveries made during an exploration of an environment

- Observe and describe defensive animal behaviours

                    

Technology and Information Technology

Knowledge   
(knows)
Skills
(knows how to)

- Properties of some materials commonly used to make objects (wood, plastic, metal, glass...)

- Characteristics of some common materials

- Construction of models 

- Concept of algorithm (problem solving)

- Word processing and graphics

- Make models of commonly used objects, using simple designs, identifying materials most suitable for their construction

- Construct commonly used objects

- Classify materials according to their characteristics:  heaviness/lightness, resistance, fragility, strength, elasticity, plasticity

- Identify the functions of tools used in the construction of models, classifying them by the work they perform

- Use Internet to find information (for example, weather sites or sites for children)

- Write simple pieces on a word processor, using spelling and grammar check

- Use problem solving in real situations

- Draw  the models or other images in color using simple graphic programs

- Insert the drawings into text

                     

                                    

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