A four-topic, approximately 60-day learning path aligned with the Alberta Social Studies Program of Studies and Calgary Board of Education approaches. Students investigate how communities are shaped by people, places, stories, histories, cultures, and responsible citizenship. Learning progresses from understanding community features to examining change over time, appreciating diversity, and taking action to support community well-being.
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Over approximately 15 days, students develop foundational understandings of community. They identify different types of communities, including neighbourhoods, rural communities, urban communities, Indigenous communities, and virtual communities. Students investigate how geography, natural and constructed features, services, transportation, and shared spaces influence daily life. They learn to use simple maps, legends, symbols, directions, photographs, and observations to describe their own community and compare it with another community in Alberta or Canada. The topic emphasizes belonging, respectful listening, and the idea that communities are made up of diverse people with shared needs and responsibilities.
Map-making workshop, Local community photographs and maps, Alberta Education Social Studies Program of Studies: Grade 2, Virtual community walk
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