Ontario - Grade 2 - Social Studies - Lessons/Workbook Mega Bundle

This mega bundle provides everything you need to teach all units in the Grade 2 Ontario 2023 Social Studies Curriculum. With your purchase, you will receive lesson slides that follow the 3-Part lesson format, engaging your students from start to finish. You will also receive the workbooks, which contain fun activities and worksheets for your students to demonstrate their understanding.

Strand A: Changing Family and Community Traditions

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:​

• Family, Extended Families, and Generations​
• Family Tree – Reading different family trees​
• Creating your own family tree​
• Snowman – Family Terms​
• Ordering births in families​
• Ordering life events in your family​
• Canada – Before Immigration​
• Immigrating to Canada​
• Scottish, German, Chinese, and Indo-Canadian Families in Canada​
• Immigration – Countries Around The World​
• Fact Or Fiction – Immigrant Heritage In Canada​
• Food in Canada​
• Grocery Stores – Food Around The World​
• Festivals In Canada - Fall Festivals, Canadian Tulip Festival​
• Festivals in my community​
• Religious families​
• Assignment – Religious Buildings Near Me​
• Ordering Religious Holidays​
• Religious Holidays – Diwali, Ramadan & Eid Al-Fitr, Hanukkah, Christmas​
• Christmas Song: Jingle Bells​
• Activity: Christmas Tree Craft​
• Special days – Kwanzaa, Remembrance Day, Canada Day, Earth Day and more​
• Poppy Craft: Honouring Remembrance Day​
• Memory Game – Celebrations In Canada​
• Role-Play: Families And Their Celebrations​
• Heritage Story - Netherlands​
• My Heritage - Recipes​
• Heritage – Holiday Celebrations, Language​
• Activity – Heritage Storybooks​
• My Family Heritage​
• Activity: Cultural Show And Tell​
• Bringing Back Indigenous Traditions​
• Story: Traditional Foods Of The Land​
• Case Study: Indigenous Fire-Keeping Knowledge​
• Art Shows Us Culture​
• Newspaper Article: The Annual Powwow Celebration ​
• Lessons from Indigenous Stories​
• Indigenous Commemorative Days​
• Powley Day: A Métis Celebration​
• Trivia: Reclaiming Indigenous Culture​
• Unit tests​
• Answer pages for all activities

Strand B: Global Communities

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:​

• Continents​
• Mapping The Continents Of The World​
• Continents: North America, Africa, South America, Australia, Europe, Asia, Antarctica​
• Poster Creation: Discovering Our Continents​
• Oceans – Mapping Activity​
• Memory Game – Continents & Oceans​
• The Equator & Prime Meridian​
• Climate Zones​
• World Map – Countries – Climates​
• World Map – Cities – Climates​
• Examining Pictures – Animal Clues & Plant Clues ​
• Mapping Questions​
• Cardinal Directions – Canada and World Map​
• Activity: Cardinal Directions ​
• Japanese Community – Day In The Life​
• Comparing Japanese Community To Mine​
• Chinese Community – Day In The Life​
• Comparing The Chinese Community To Mine​
• Russian Community – Day In The Life​
• Comparing Russian Community To Mine​
• Basic Human Needs​
• Show And Tell: Our Basic Needs​
• Meeting Basic Needs – Arctic Communities​
• Activity: Build An Igloo​
• Meeting Basic Needs – Life In Ethiopia​
• Life In Ecuador​
• Life In Hawaii: Adapting To Nature​
• Activity: Exploring Communities with Google Maps​
• Role-Play: Comparing Communities​
• Inuit Seal Hunting in Nunavut​
• How Métis Hunted Buffalo​
• Story: Mia’s Wild Rice Adventure​
• Inuksuit And Lobsticks ​
• Guest Speaker: Indigenous Knowledge​
• The Amazon Rainforest​
• Great Lakes​
• Sustainability​
• Fact Or Fiction – The World Around Us​
• Spelling Bee: Global Community​
• Unit Test ​
• Answer Pages For All Activities

Google Lesson Slides

Google Slides Lessons! Ontario Social Studies, Grade 2. This mega bundle also gives you access to both of the Google Slides lessons. Click on the individual units to see a full preview of the Google Slides lessons.

We have structured these lessons to follow the popular 3-Part Lesson format. By using these lessons, you will be provided with learning goals, discussion questions, relevant YouTube videos, interactive slides, exit cards, and more. Check out the variety of activities you'll receive below.

Part 1: Minds On!
- Learning Goals
- Discussion Questions

- Polls/Surveys

- Picture Prompts

- Jokes and Riddles

- Relevant Quotes

Part 2: Action!
- Interactive Activities

- Drag and Drop

- Fill in the Blanks

- Matching

- Sorting

- Polls/Surveys and Graphing

- Embedded YouTube Videos

Part 3: Consolidation

- Exit Cards

- 3-2-1 Reflections

- One Word Reflections

- Act It Out!

- Quick Draw

- One Sentence Summary

After purchasing this resource, you will be able to download copies of the Google Slides for the three different units to your Google Drive. From there, you can complete these lessons with your class, and/or assign these slides in Google Classroom.