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2nd grade · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 9

Citizens & Leaders

Voting, leaders and solving problems

What your child practices

Who can vote, how communities choose leaders, and how groups and nations work out problems, from classmates to countries.

Maine Learning Results learning standard: Civics & Government 1; Civics & Government 2 · democratic ideals, and the leaders, symbols and celebrations of the nation

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Leaders: a mayor runs a city, a principal leads a school.
  2. People choose many leaders by voting.
  3. Changemakers, like Cesar Chavez, work to make things fairer.

Example: Who leads a public school? A school has one main leader. That leader is the principal. Answer: the principal

Citizens & Leaders in Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, this is unit 6 of 9 in 2nd grade Social Studies, after Working Together Fairly and before Reading Maps.

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: Maine 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

    Who can vote for the President of the United States?

    • citizens who are 18 or older
    • all children
    • only mayors

  2. Question 2

    Countries trade so they can…

    • have fewer goods
    • lose money
    • get goods they don't make
    • stop working

  3. Question 3

    Cesar Chavez worked for…

    • faster trains
    • fair treatment of farm workers
    • bigger zoos

  4. Question 4

    How do people choose a mayor?

    • by drawing pictures
    • the mayor picks a friend
    • they vote in an election

  5. Question 5

    People who become citizens take a citizenship test and an…

    • oath
    • bike test
    • ocean trip

  6. Question 6

    Before you vote, it helps to…

    • close your eyes
    • learn about the choices
    • let a stranger choose

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