Grade 2 Social Studies
6 units matched to the New Brunswick Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Our World”.
Learning focus
- Literacies and Communications: Communicative Practices. Examine how language learning is beneficial.
- Literacies and Communications: Multimodal Literacies. Refer to environmental print in multiple languages.
- Literacies and Communications: Literate Identities. Demonstrate being a reader, writer, and communicator in multiple languages.
- Well-Being: Emotional Health and Positive Identities. Explore activities that foster enjoyment and well-being.
- Well-Being: Belonging and Interconnectedness. Define and express needs, wants, and choices.
- Well-Being: Physical Health and Active Participation. Analyze personal safety and healthy practices.
- Play and Playfulness: Imagination and Creativity. Practise using flexible and fluid thinking in new and familiar situations.
- Play and Playfulness: Exploration and Problem Solving. Negotiate, compromise, and work together.
- Play and Playfulness: Play and Inquiry. Engage in activities that introduce elements of risk, novelty, and the unknown.
- Diversity and Social Responsibility: Inclusiveness and Equity. Honour differences and uniqueness.
- Diversity and Social Responsibility: Democratic Practices. Act as responsible and responsive community members.
- Diversity and Social Responsibility: Sustainable Futures. Recognize patterns in nature.
Units
Unit 1
Needs & Wants
Telling needs from wants and how communities help meet people's needs.
Skill descriptor: Well-Being: Belonging and Interconnectedness · needs, wants and choices in our communities
Unit 2
Caring Citizens
Rights and responsibilities, community helpers, and how small local actions help the planet.
Skill descriptor: Diversity and Social Responsibility: Democratic Practices · being responsible, caring community members
Unit 3
Groups in Our Community
The many groups and languages in a community, why families move, welcoming newcomers, and finding the places families come from on a globe or map.
Skill descriptor: Diversity and Social Responsibility: Inclusiveness and Equity · groups and cultures in the community
Unit 4
Traditions & Celebrations
Well-known celebrations in Canada (such as Canada Day, Diwali, Lunar New Year, Eid, Hanukkah and Thanksgiving), and how food, songs, stories and language pass on heritage. First Nations, Métis and Inuit traditions are not covered here yet.
Skill descriptor: Diversity and Social Responsibility: Inclusiveness and Equity · traditions and celebrations in different families and communities
Unit 5
Communities in Canada
Canada's regions, cities and rural communities, official languages, and Indigenous peoples as the first peoples of this land.
Skill descriptor: Diversity and Social Responsibility: Inclusiveness and Equity · honouring differences among communities in Canada
Unit 6
Then & Now
Generations in a family, using photos, interviews and timelines, and how technology and traditions change from the past to the present.
Skill descriptor: Play and Playfulness: Exploration and Problem Solving · gathering evidence about how ways of life change over time
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