CA Social Studies Content Standards –
Grade 2
2.5 Students understand the importance of individual action and character and explain how heroes from long ago and the recent past have made a difference in others' lives (e.g., from biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Louis Pasteur, Sitting Bull, George Washington Carver, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Golda Meir, Jackie Robinson, Sally Ride).
CA English Language Arts Content Standards – Grade 2
2.2 Write a friendly letter complete with the date, salutation, body, closing and signature.