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2nd grade · Social Studies · Unit 11 of 15

Founders & Difference Makers

People who shaped our nation

What your child practices

Founders such as Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and other Americans who made a difference.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 2.13 · founders and significant figures who shaped the nation

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Difference makers saw a problem and worked to fix it.
  2. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat. Sally Ride traveled into space.
  3. Determined means you keep trying.

Example: Rosa Parks became famous for… It happened on a bus in Montgomery. She would not give up her seat. Answer: refusing to give up her bus seat

Founders & Difference Makers in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 11 of 15 in 2nd grade Social Studies, after Holidays & Their Meaning and before American Symbols.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Molly Pitcher is the nickname of a woman who, legend says, carried water to soldiers in the…

    • Dust Bowl
    • American Revolution
    • Civil Rights Movement
    • Space Race

  2. Question 2

    Amelia Earhart was a famous…

    • doctor
    • farmer
    • chef
    • pilot

  3. Question 3

    Rosa Parks became famous for…

    • refusing to give up her bus seat
    • inventing a light bulb
    • climbing a mountain
    • flying around the world

  4. Question 4

    Which question helps you learn about a hero?

    • Did they like pizza?
    • What color was their car?
    • What was their shoe size?
    • What problem did they help solve?

  5. Question 5

    Who was the first president of the United States?

    • George Washington
    • Benjamin Franklin
    • Thomas Jefferson
    • James Madison

  6. Question 6

    Louis Braille made a way for blind people to…

    • fly planes
    • read with their fingertips
    • hear music
    • see colors

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