Hands-On Social Studies, Grade 2

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 theWCNP 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