Students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of how geography, culture, language, heritage, economics and resources shape and change Canada's communities.
Grade 2 students will investigate life in three diverse communities within Canada. Based on their understanding of their own communities, students will explore characteristics of selected rural and urban communities in Canada: an Inuit community, a prairie community and an Acadian community.
Grade 2 students will investigate life in three diverse communities within Canada. Based on their understanding of their own communities, students will explore characteristics of selected rural and urban communities in Canada: an Inuit community, a prairie community and an Acadian community.
Glossary of Terms & Concepts - Grade 2
The following terms and concepts are contained within the general and specific outcomes in the grade. The definitions are provided to facilitate a better understanding and more effective application of the social studies concepts presented.
Acadians - Descendants of approximately 100 French families who settled along the shores of the Baie française (now the Bay of Fundy) in the area now known as New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
cultural diversity - Differences in groups having a variety of languages, ethnicity, nationalities, within a shared space.
goods - Items that are produced and have an economic value.
human geography - The branch of geography that pertains specifically to how humans adapt to their environment.
Inuit - A member of any of several Aboriginal peoples who live in coastal regions of the Canadian Arctic and in Greenland.
physical geography - The study of the physical characteristics of the environment, for example, landforms, climate and bodies of water.
rural - Relating to agricultural; or sparsely populated; of or relating to people who live in the country
services - Physical or intellectual labour.
urban - Relating to cities or city life.