The Native Americans (2nd grade)

Virginia Standards of Learning Addressed:

• 2.2 The student will compare the lives and contributions of American Indians (First Americans), with emphasis on the Powhatan of the Eastern Woodlands, the Sioux of the Plains, and the Pueblo people of the Southwest.
   

• 2.5 The student will develop map skills by:
  
   b) locating selected rivers (James River, Mississippi River, Rio Grande), mountain rangers (Appalachian Mountains and Rocky Mountains), and lakes (Great Lakes) in the United States.
   

• 2.6  The student will demonstrate map skills by constructing simple maps, using title, map legend, and compass rose.
   

• 2.7 The student will describe the differences between natural resources (water, soil, wood, and coal), human resources (people at work), and capital resources (machines, tools, and buildings).
   

• 2.8 The student will distinguish between the use of barter and money in the exchange for goods and services.
   

• 2.9 The student will explain that scarcity (limited resources) requires people to make choices about producing and consuming goods and services.