Grade Two

Embracing diversity broadens minds.

Central Idea: 

Roles and systems in communities are interdependent

Function , Connection 

-Systems, Roles, Interdependence, networks

• Communities have needs and wants

• Roles in communities

• Communities have systems and networks

Thinking Skills

Analysis, Forming decisions, Considering new perspectives

Social Skills

Respecting others, Supporting others, Social intelligence

Responding to the arts impacts thinking and behaviour. 

• What are the arts Form

• How people appreciate the arts Perspective

• Ways to respond to the arts Responsibility

diversity, expression, process

Matter can be changed to meet people's needs.

• Materials have different properties Form

• Processes that change matter Change

• People use materials to design to meet needs Function

Matter, Properties, Sustainability

People develop systems of trade for goods and services based on needs and wants.

• The role of trade Function

• Reasons why people trade Connection

• The way trade systems function Causation

Trade, Systems

Living things exist in many different places.

• What living things depend on Form

• Diversity of life in different habitats Connection

• Living things share resources in their habitat Connection

Dependent, Habitat