Indiana Social Studies 2.H.1

Social Studies2nd GradeHistory

The Standard

Identify when the local community was established, and identify its founders and early settlers.

2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students find when their community was established and name people who helped start it or settled there early. They use a local history source to find those facts.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student gives the establishment year and names a founder and an early settler. They can point to a source that supports each answer.
Common Misconceptions: Students may mistake a school’s opening year for the community’s establishment year. They may call every early resident a founder or think a founder cannot also be an early settler.
How to Assess It: Give students a local history handout. Ask: “When was our community established? Name one founder and one early settler, and underline where you found each fact.”

Lesson moves

Give pairs a printed local history page and sticky notes; have them label the establishment year, founders, and early settlers.
Ask, “Could a founder also be an early settler?” Have students support their answer with a name from the history page.
Play a card sort with local names, an establishment year, and a school-opening year; students sort them under labeled headings.
Show a local historical marker or museum page; have students check one date or name against the class history page.

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