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Grade 2 · Social Studies · Unit 11 of 15

Stories of Our Community's Past

Long ago, now and later, and stories told by Elders and neighbours.

What your child practises

Telling stories of people and events in a community's past, telling events in order, using time words, and valuing oral history as a way to learn about the land.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 2-KH-025, 2-KH-025A, 2-KH-025F, 2-VH-008, 2-VH-008A, 2-VH-008F, 2-VH-009, 2-S-202, 2-S-404 · stories of the past, oral history, time words and chronological order

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Oral history means…

    • a paint colour
    • a type of tool
    • stories passed down by telling

  2. Question 2

    Which word tells about today?

    • ancient
    • last year
    • present

  3. Question 3

    Which word tells what will happen later?

    • past
    • future
    • yesterday

  4. Question 4

    Which is a way to learn about events in your community's past?

    • forget it
    • close your ears
    • ask someone older

  5. Question 5

    Francophone communities in Manitoba have stories of…

    • settlers and events in their French-speaking past
    • nothing
    • the Moon

  6. Question 6

    Why might we feel connected to stories of our community?

    • they are about people and places we know
    • they are about nothing
    • they are about nobody

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