Changing Family and Community Tradition Grade 2 Ontario Social Studies
EBJ1104
$22.99 CAD
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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.