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A. Human Identity
By the end of 2nd grade, students should know that:
- People have different external features, such as the size, shape, and color of hair, skin, and eyes, but they are more like one another than like other animals.
- People need water, food, air, waste removal, and a particular range of temperatures in their environment, just as other animals do.
- People tend to live in families and communities in which individuals have different roles.
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B. Human Development
By the end of 2nd grade, students should know that:
- All animals have offspring, usually with two parents involved.
- A human baby grows inside its mother until its birth.
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C. Basic Functions
By the end of 2nd grade, students should know that:
- The human body has parts that help it seek, find, and take in food when it feels hunger eyes and noses for detecting food, legs to get to it, arms to carry it away, and a mouth to eat it.
- Senses can warn individuals about danger; muscles help them to fight, hide, or get out of danger.
- The brain enables human beings to think and sends messages to other body parts to help them work properly.
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D. Learning
By the end of 2nd grade, students should know that:
- People use their senses to find out about their surroundings and themselves.
- Some of the things people do, like playing soccer, reading, and writing, must be deliberately learned.
- People can learn from each other by telling and listening, showing and watching, and imitating what others do.
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E. Physical Health
By the end of 2nd grade, students should know that:
- Eating a variety of healthful foods and getting enough exercise and rest help people to stay healthy.
- Some things people take into their bodies from the environment can hurt them.
- Some diseases are caused by germs, some are not.
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F. Mental Health
By the end of 2nd grade, students should know that:
- People have many different feelings sadness, joy, anger, fear, etc.
- People react to personal problems in different ways.
- Talking to someone (a friend, relative, teacher, or counselor) may help people understand their feelings and problems and what to do about them.
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