Second-Social+Studies

= Unit 1 =

Lesson 1
Book on communities Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran Miss Rumphius by B. Cooney Biography about Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln, or Helen Keller

Lesson 2
Book about earning, spending or saving money. Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst The Berenstain Bears Dollars & Sense by Stan and Jan Berenstain The Berenstain Bears on the Job by Stan and Jan Berenstain A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams Also see The Social Studies Center for annotated bibliography of books appropriate for each grade level. The Money Management International website has many books with Economic themes listed.http://www.moneymanagement.org/Education/Resources/

Lesson 3
Book about rules or character that breaks the rules. Miss Nelson is Missing Curious George No, David!

Lesson 5
Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola Books on Memorial Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving

Lesson 6 (none)
= Unit 2 =

Lesson 1
Me On The Map by Joan Sweeny Looking at Maps and Globes by Carmen Bredeson

Lesson 5
Ben’s Dream by Chris Van Allsburg

Lesson 7 (none)
= Unit 3 =

Lesson 1
Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney My Map Book by Sara Fanelli Mapping Penny’s World by Loreen Leedy As the Crow Flies: A First Book of Maps by Gail Hartman There’s a Map on My Lap by Tish Rabe

Lesson 2
Desert Voices by Byrd Baylor Texas (Eyewitness Books Series): Discover the Wonders of the Second- Largest State, Its Fascinating History And Famous People by Simon Adams, DK Publishing L is for Lone Star by Alan Stacy Texas by Ann Heinrichs Texas by Carmen Bredeson Texas by Alexandra Hanson-Harding Hello USA: Alaska by Joyce Johnston Alaska by Ann Heinrichs Alaska by Su Tien Wong

Lesson 4 (none)
= Unit 4 =

Lesson 1
As the Crow Flies by Gail Hartman All About Maps by Catherine Chambers Around and About Maps and Journeys by Kate Petty Tumbleweed Tom on the Texas Trail by Jackie Mimms Hopkins Weather by Julian Fleisher Weather by Lee Bennett Hopkins Weather Forecasting by Gail Gibbons

Lesson 2
Laura Ingalls, Wilder Country by William Anderson Towns and Cities by Patience Coster Cities: The Building of America by Gare Thompson Looking at Cities by Margaret Clyne and Rachel Griffiths

Lesson 3
Agatha’s Feather Bed by Carmen Agra Deedy Forestry (America at Work Series) by Jane Drake The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Elhert Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg Trees to Paper (Welcome Books: How Things Are Made) by Inez Snyder

Lesson 4
The Lorax by Dr, Seuss The Wump World by Bill Peet = Unit 5 =

Lesson 3
The First Thanksgiving by Jean George The Pilgrim's First Thanksgiving by Ann McGovern Thanksgiving Day by Gail Gibbons Thanksgiving Day by Ann Rockwell Arthur's Thanksgiving by Marc Brown Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness Samuel Eaton's Day : A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy by Kate Waters Sarah Morton's Day : A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl by Kate Waters Tapenum's Day : A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times by Kate Waters On the Mayflower : Voyage of the Ship's Apprentice & A Passenger Girl by Kate Waters

Lesson 4 (none)
= Unit 6 =

Lesson 1
Hello World, by Fran Manushkin; ISBN 1-56282-059-1 Hello, by Betsey Chessen and Samantha Berger; ISBN 0-439-04560-6 Children Just Like Me, by Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley; ISBN 7894-0201-7 What is Your Language?, by Debra Leventhal; ISBN 0-525-45133 - Soto, Gary. Snapshots of a Wedding.. Illustrated by Stephanie Garcia. Putnam, 1997. ISBN 0-399-22808-X. - Lomas Garza, Carmen. In My Family,. Children’s Books Press, 1996. ISBN 0-892-39138-3.

Lesson 2
Anderson, Joan. The Glorious Fourth at Prairietown. Morrow LB, 1986. Also, many books in the Annotated Bibliography for Second Grade at The Social Studies Center webpage are about Thanksgiving and Plymouth. Go to http://www.tea.state.tx.us/ssc/ and choose Downloads and then Bibliographies.

Lesson 3
The Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume books that offer various points of view on classic fairy tales such as Jack and the Beanstalk and Giants have Feelings, Too Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges The Story Of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles (Author), George Ford (Illustrator) = Unit 7 =

Lesson 1
Bob Kleberg and the King Ranch: A Worldwide Sea of Grass by John Cypher Henrietta King: Rancher and Philanthropist by Judy Alter.

Lesson 1
Good Citizen Sarah by Virginia L. Kroll Good Citizenship Counts by Marie Bender Citizenship by Ann-Marie Kishel

Lesson 2
Good Citizen Sarah by Virginia L. Kroll Good Citizenship Counts by Marie Bender Citizenship by Ann-Marie Kishel

Lesson 3
Good Citizen Sarah by Virginia L. Kroll Good Citizenship Counts by Marie Bender Citizenship by Ann-Marie Kishel = Unit 9 =

Lesson 1
How the U.S. Government Works by Syl Sobel The City Mayor by Terri Degezelle What's Government? by Nancy Harris What’s a City Council? by Nancy Harris What’s a Governor? by Nancy Harris The State Governor by Mary Firestone What is Government? by Ann-Marie Kishel What’s a President and Vice-President? by Nancy Harris Mayor by Jacqueline Laks Gormon Governor by Jacqueline Laks Gormon President by Jacqueline Laks Gormon Who Leads Our Country by Jacqueline Laks Gormon Election Day by Patricia J. Murphy Election Connection: The Official Nick Guide to Electing the President by Nickelodeon Voting in an Election by John Hamilton Woodrow for President: A 'Mice' Way to Learn About Voting, Campaigns and Elections by Peter W. Barnes If I Were President by Catherine Stier

Lesson 2
Government Services by Ann-Marie Kishel

Lesson 3
How the U.S. Government Works by Syl Sobel What's Government? by Nancy Harris What is Government? by Ann-Marie Kishel = Unit 10 =

Lesson 1
The Kids' Money Book : Earning Saving Spending Investing Donating by Jamie Kyle McGillian A Dollar for Penny : (Step into Reading Books Series: A Step 1 Book) by Julie Glass Henrietta King: Rancher and Philanthropist by Judy Alter

Lesson 2
Agatha’s Feather Bed by Carmen Agra Deedy Little Red Hen

Lesson 3 (none)
= Unit 11 =

Lesson 1
Johann Gutenberg and the Amazing Printing Press by Bruce Koscielniak Fine Print : A Story about Johann Gutenberg by Joann Johansen Burch Ink on His Fingers by Louise A. Vernon Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? by Margaret Frith Thomas Edison (Time for Kids Series) by Lisa DeMauro Thomas Edison (History Maker Bios Series) by Shannon Zemlicka Alexander Graham Bell by Elizabeth MacLeod Time For Kids : Alexander Graham Bell by HarperCollins Childrens Listen up! : Alexander Graham Bell's Talking Box (Step Into Reading Step 3) by Monica Kulling

Lesson 2
Toilets, Toasters, and Telephones: The How and Why of Everyday Objects by Susan Goldman Rubin = Unit 12 =

Lesson 1
The Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume “Book Lice” from Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman