Second Grade

Social Studies

These resources have been curated by LPS Library Services to support curriculum topics. Please pre-read to make sure the content matches your specific instructional goals.

*Currently in the Social Studies Curriculum

We the Community

A book cover showing a Constitutional Convention

Creating the Constitution 🔊

Establishing the Judicial Branch 🔊

Establishing the Judicial Branch 🔊

A book cover with a picture of the capital building

Establishing the Legislative Branch 🔊

A book cover showing the US Capitol building with an American flag flying nearby

House of Representatives 🔊

A book cover showing the US Capitol building with an American flag waving nearby

La Cámara de Representantes 🔊

A book cover showing a kid at a podium with signs and tv crews

If I Ran for President 🔊

Map My Community 🔊*

Map My Community 🔊*

A book cover showing a picture of the White House

Office of the President 🔊

A book cover showing a picture of the white house

La Presidencia 🔊

A book cover showing a picture of Mount Rushmore

President 🔊

A book cover showing Congress meeting in the Capitol

Representative 🔊

A book cover showing a picture of steps leading to the US Capitol building

Senate 🔊

A book cover showing steps leading to the US Capitol

El Senado 🔊

Supreme Court 🔊

Supreme Court 🔊

A book cover showing a picture of the US Supreme Court building

La Corte Suprema 🔊

A book cover showing a picture of the US flag and the Constitution

Supreme Court Justice 🔊

A book cover showing signs that say vote today and a girl wearing red white and blue

Today on Election Day 🔊

A book cover with a picture of former Vice President Mike Pence

Vice President 🔊

A book cover showing a group of four kids with their arms around each other laughing

What is Citizenship? 🔊*

We the Workers

A book cover showing a kid pouring milk in her cereal, and another image of milk being bottled in a factory

Consumers and Producers 🔊*

A book cover showing a pair of gold and white basketball shoes

From Leather to Basketball Shoes 🔊*

A book cover with a picture of a red and black bicycle

From Steel to Bicycle 🔊*

A book cover showing a picture of a woman giving a haircut to a young girl

Goods or Services 🔊*

A book cover showing a chocolate bar

How is it Made? Chocolate 🔊*

A book cover showing a green ice cream cone

How is it Made? Ice Cream 🔊*

A book cover showing multi colored paper

How is it Made? Paper 🔊*

A book cover with several pictures of lego toys and creations

LEGO: The Kristiansen Family

A book cover with a picture of several pokemon characters

Pokémon: Satoshi Tajiri

A book cover showing several hands using different tools including a hammer, icing decorator, painter, and others

Whose Hands Are These? 🔊*

We the History Makers

Bessie Coleman 🔊

Bessie Coleman 🔊

A book cover showing an artist drawing of Cesar Chavez and a worker

Cesar Chavez 🔊*

Cesar Chavez

A book cover showing a drawing of Malala holding a book with a determined look on her face

For the Right To Learn: Malala Yousafzai's Story 🔊

A book cover with a picture of Harriet Tubman

Great Women of The Civil War 🔊

A book cover showing a woman voting

Heart on Fire: Susan B. Anthony Votes for President 🔊

A book cover showing a girl and a older man in a garden

In the Garden with Dr. Carver 🔊

A book cover showing a librarian holding a megaphone on a roof of a building

Librarian on the Roof! 🔊

Lonnie Johnson: NASA Scientist & Inventor of the Super Soaker 🔊

Lonnie Johnson: NASA Scientist & Inventor of the Super Soaker 🔊

A book cover with a photo of Madam CJ Walker

Madam C.J. Walker: Inventor and Businesswoman 🔊*

A book cover with a picture of Walker and a hair product

Madam C.J. Walker: The Woman Behind Hair Care Products for African Americans 🔊

A book cover with a picture of Mae Jemison holding a rocket

Mae Jemison 🔊 *

A book cover with a photo of Malala

Malala Yousafzai: Education Activist

A book cover with a picture of Marie Curie holding a beaker

Marie Curie: Physicist and Chemist 🔊*

A book cover with a photo of Marin Luther King JR

Martin Luther King Jr. 🔊

A book cover with a drawing of a woman wearing pants and walking down a street in a old town

Mary Walker Wears the Pants 🔊

A book cover with a photo of Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson 🔊*

A book cover with a picture of Rosa Parks from the 1960s

Rosa Parks

A book cover with a recent picture of Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks 🔊

A book cover with a painting of Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison 🔊

A book cover with a picture of Thomas Edison and his lightbulb inventions

Thomas Edison: Physicist and Inventor 🔊*

A book cover with a picture of a kid jumping and cartoon kid in a superhero outfit

True or False: Incredible Kids

A book cover with a picture of a girl holding a book

True or False: Remarkable Women 🔊

We the People

A book cover with a picture of a girl holding books and other students involved in school activities

Be an Active Citizen at Your School 🔊

A book cover with a picture of a boy holding a box full of items labelled "Donate"

Be an Active Citizen in Your Community 🔊

A book cover showing a girl holding a book labelled "donations"

Citizenship 🔊

A book cover with a picture of a city hall building in a town

City Hall 🔊

A book cover with a picture of a large city hall building in a major city

City Hall 🔊

A book cover with a picture of a large city hall building

La Alcaldía 🔊

A book cover with a drawing of a hand putting a piece of paper in a ballot box

Civics 🔊

A book cover with a picture of a large governor's mansion

Governor 🔊

A book cover with a girl flexing her arms and smaller pictures of people helping in a community

I Can Make a Difference! 🔊

A book cover with a picture of a city government building

Mayor 🔊

A book cover with a picture of a young boy holding an American flag

What is Citizenship? 🔊

A book cover showing a mom and son walking together

Why Does Democracy Matter? 🔊*

A book cover with a picture of a boy smiling and other kids holding a flag and saying the Pledge of Allegiance

Why Does Democracy Matter? 🔊