Grade 2 Social Studies

The 2023 Ontario Grade 2 Social Studies course has two strands: Heritage and Identity: Changing Family and Community Traditions, and People and Environments: Global Communities. The museum maps a few expectations of each strand.

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

Family and community traditions and celebrations, past and present, and how heritage is passed on (expectations A1, A2, A3); the museum links Eid al-Fitr.

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

Strand B: People and Environments: Global Communities

How people around the world meet their needs and live with their location, climate and physical features (expectations B1, B2, B3); the museum links maps, the equator, the environment and water.

  1. Showing the world on a map That countries, continents and waters can be located and shown in different ways, and how to find the equator and the two halves of the earth (B3.1, B3.2). InventionReflection
  2. Looking after water, air and soil Why sustainability matters in the way people live with their natural environment (B1.3). Reflection
  3. How people get water Basic human needs, and some ways communities meet the need for water (B3.6). PlaceInvention

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