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Changing Family and Community Tradition Grade 2 Ontario Social Studies

EBJ1104

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14 lessons help students gain an understanding of today's families and our community and family traditions and celebrations. The following unit of study supports teachers and students as they work through the Social Studies Inquiry Process.

This resource focuses on the big ideas in the Social Studies curriculum and has a mix of concrete and open-ended lessons so that the teacher has flexibility in planning.

The inquiry process has been scaffolded for teachers and/or students new to the process. There are also extensions and cross-curricular activities included.

Goals and Objectives:

  • Gain an understanding of traditions and celebrations within families, school and community;
  • Compare some traditions and celebrations among diverse cultural groups and of different times;
  • Discuss some ways in which traditions are developed by community groups;
  • Use the Social Studies inquiry process to investigate some past and present traditions and celebrations.

This resource focuses on the big ideas in the Social Studies curriculum and has a mix of concrete and open-ended lessons so that the teacher has flexibility in planning. The inquiry process has been scaffolded for teachers and/or students new to the process. There are also extensions and cross-curricular activities included.

Section One:

The first section of this resource is setting the foundational skills for student research. There is a heavy focus on the use of infographics during the Foundation Setting. These are designed to assist students in building the knowledge needed with the use of graphics and text that contains key information.

Setting the Foundation:

Lesson 1: Our Heritage and Identity

Lesson 2: Moving to Canada

Family Traditions Box Lessons

Lesson 1: Families Around the World

Lesson 2: Family Interview and Family Tree

Lesson 3: Traditions and Celebrations

Lesson 4: Traditions and Celebrations in the Community - Community Traditions Web Organizer

Lesson 5: Traditions and Celebrations in the Community - Favourite Traditions

Lesson 6: Traditions and Celebrations in the Community - Peer Response Page

Extension Activities

A) Math:

  • Data Management: Graphing - 2 activities
  • Geometry and Spatial Sense: Co-ordinates - 5 activities

B) Language Arts Extensions

  • Writing: Genre and 4 Media Literacy Activities

C) Physical Education Extension

D) Visual Arts - 2 activities

E) Drama - 2 activities

F) Music

Section 2: Heritage and Identity: Changing Family & Community Traditions

The six lessons in this section cover investigating and comparing the past and present traditions and celebrations within families. The next section of our focus involves a teacher scaffolded Social Studies Inquiry format.

Extension Activities

A) Story teller vest instructions

B) Math:

  • Data Management: Graphing - 2 activities

C) Language Arts

  • Writing Genres - 2 activities

D) Science Extensions

  • Life Systems - 2 activities
  • Structures and Mechanisms - 1 activity

E) Multiple Intelligence Choice Chart

F) Visual Arts - 2 activities

G) Drama

G) Music - 2 activities

     64 pages including an answer key.



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