Strand A: Heritage and Identity: Changing Family and Community Traditions

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Curriculum expectations

A1 — compare some significant traditions and celebrations among diverse groups and at different times, including those of First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit, and identify some of the reasons for changes in these traditions/celebrations (FOCUS ON: Perspective; Cause and Consequence)
A2 — use the social studies inquiry process to investigate some of the past and present traditions and celebrations within their own family and the communities to which they belong (FOCUS ON: Continuity and Change)
A3 — describe some of the major groups in their community, including First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit, other diverse communities, and different types of families, and some of the ways in which traditions and heritage are passed on by such groups (FOCUS …

Lessons

Eid al-Fitr: a celebration that comes back every yearHow a family and a community keep a faith celebration, and the questions a student can ask about it (A2.1, A3.4).

Brief

Strand A of the Grade 2 Social Studies course: Heritage and Identity, on family and community traditions and celebrations and how heritage is passed on. It has one lesson, on Eid al-Fitr. ¹

Sources

The Ontario Curriculum: Social Studies, Grades 1 to 6; History and Geography, Grades 7 and 8 (2023)

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islam.museum contributors. “Strand A: Heritage and Identity: Changing Family and Community Traditions”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/course/ca-on-g2-social-studies-a/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-12.

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