Hands-On Social Studies for Manitoba, Grade 2
Description
This teacher resource offers a detailed introduction to the program, which includes its guiding principles, implementation guidelines, an overview of the social studies skills that grade 2 students use and develop, and a classroom assessment plan complete with record-keeping templates and connections to the Achievement Levels outlined in the WCNP Social Studies Curriculum.
The resource has three instructional units:
- Unit 1: Our Local Community
- Unit 2: Communities in Canada: Lunenburg
- Unit 3: The Canadian Community
Each unit is divided into lessons that focus on specific curricular outcomes. Each lesson has
- materials lists
- activity descriptions
- questioning techniques
- activity centre and extension ideas
- assessment suggestions
- activity sheets and visuals