Listen & Read Grade 2: Social Studies
10 short nonfiction stories that your early readers can hear and see as they read along.
These 10 short educational articles from Scholastic News are paired with vivid photos and audio of the text to boost early reading skills while supporting differentiated reading and ELL students. Your 2nd graders will travel back in time to a Pilgrim village, behind the scenes with the president of the United States, and all around the world to celebrate Earth Day. Explore 47 Listen & Read stories in our complete collection.
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Activities
Grade 2 - Constitution Day
Learn all about the U.S. Constitution, including who wrote it, what it says, and why it's important, in an audio article featuring words like leaders, vote, and religion.
Learn all about the U.S. Constitution, including who wrote it, what it says, and why it's important, in an audio article featuring words like leaders, vote, and religion.
Grade 2 - Kids Are Earth Helpers
From making a giant caterpillar out of trash to growing vegetables, see what students are doing to help the planet in an article with audio and photographs.
From making a giant caterpillar out of trash to growing vegetables, see what students are doing to help the planet in an article with audio and photographs.
Grade 2 - A Meteorologist Answers Questions
Go behind the scenes with weather watchers in this fascinating read-aloud for 2nd graders to discover what they do, what tools they use, and how they help people every day.
Go behind the scenes with weather watchers in this fascinating read-aloud for 2nd graders to discover what they do, what tools they use, and how they help people every day.
Grade 2 - Native American Inventions
Did you know that Native Americans were the first people to make maple syrup and hammocks? Find out other things Native Americans invented in this informative read-aloud.
Did you know that Native Americans were the first people to make maple syrup and hammocks? Find out other things Native Americans invented in this informative read-aloud.
Grade 2 - Navajo Ways
Experience living examples of Navajo culture in a read-aloud for 2nd graders featuring photographs of traditional Navajo dress, houses, and sand art.
Experience living examples of Navajo culture in a read-aloud for 2nd graders featuring photographs of traditional Navajo dress, houses, and sand art.
Grade 2 - The Path of a President
Trace Abraham Lincoln's steps from his humble childhood home — a log cabin with a dirt floor — to the highest office in the land in this audio article for 2nd graders.
Trace Abraham Lincoln's steps from his humble childhood home — a log cabin with a dirt floor — to the highest office in the land in this audio article for 2nd graders.
Grade 2 - Welcome to a Pilgrim Village!
Ever wonder what it would have been like to live in a Pilgrim village? Find out what games they played, how they lived, and how they cooked their food in this 2nd grade read-aloud.
Ever wonder what it would have been like to live in a Pilgrim village? Find out what games they played, how they lived, and how they cooked their food in this 2nd grade read-aloud.
Grade 2 - What Does the President Do?
Follow the president of the United States as he signs laws, meets with foreign leaders, and leads our armed forces in this audio article for 2nd graders.
Follow the president of the United States as he signs laws, meets with foreign leaders, and leads our armed forces in this audio article for 2nd graders.
Grade 2 - A World of Earth Day Celebrations!
From South Korea to Costa Rica, celebrate Earth Day all around the world in this environmental read-aloud that features words like earth, saplings, breathe, and drawings.
From South Korea to Costa Rica, celebrate Earth Day all around the world in this environmental read-aloud that features words like earth, saplings, breathe, and drawings.
Grade 2 - World of Weather
What's weather like around the world? Take a look at how people deal with the weather in a range of climates from the desert, to the rainforest, to near an icy lake.
What's weather like around the world? Take a look at how people deal with the weather in a range of climates from the desert, to the rainforest, to near an icy lake.
