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2nd grade · Social Studies · Unit 10 of 10

People Who Made a Difference

People whose courage and ideas made life better

What your child practices

People from long ago and the recent past whose courage, ideas and hard work made life better, including Arizonans such as Sandra Day O'Connor, César Chávez and the Navajo Code Talkers.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 2.H1.1; 2.SP1.3 · how individuals contribute to their communities and the world, and questions about people who shaped history

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Difference makers solve problems and help others.
  2. Ask: what problem did they help solve?
  3. Dr. Charles Drew found ways to store blood. Dolores Huerta organized farm workers.

Example: Which word describes a person who keeps trying? They don't give up. That is being determined. Answer: determined

People Who Made a Difference in Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 10 of 10 in 2nd grade Social Studies, after Continents & Oceans.

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: Arizona Department of Education

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

    Harriet Tubman helped people escape slavery on the…

    • Underground Railroad
    • Oregon Trail
    • Golden Gate Bridge
    • Pony Express

  2. Question 2

    Navajo Code Talkers helped the United States in World War II by…

    • building the first airplane
    • sending secret messages in a code based on their language
    • drawing maps of Mars

  3. Question 3

    Thomas Edison is known for working on the…

    • rocket
    • computer
    • light bulb
    • airplane

  4. Question 4

    Amelia Earhart was a famous…

    • farmer
    • pilot
    • doctor
    • chef

  5. Question 5

    Cesar Chavez worked to get fair pay and safe work for…

    • astronauts
    • farm workers
    • bankers
    • sports stars

  6. Question 6

    Sandra Day O'Connor, who grew up in Arizona, was the first woman to…

    • fly across the ocean
    • be president
    • serve on the US Supreme Court

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