Grade 2 Social Studies

Adapting in the Present

Transport/Transportation:

How Airline Freight WorksAir-freight planes move anything that can be bought or sold. See how goods are shipped worldwide.

Food:

Our Favorite Videos For Kids About How Things Are MadeCrayons, fireworks, sprinkles... even LEGOs!

How far do your fruit and vegetables travel? PDF

How rural Alaska gets its food deliveredFollow the journey from Anchorage to Hooper Bay, Alaska that it takes for one pallet of beverages to reach a remote village through the Alaska Bypass delivery system.

Video: Beekman 1802 Hits One of America's Biggest RetailersFarmers find so much success selling their products they have increased production and hired more workers to keep up with demand.

A look inside the candy companies filling up your Easter basketsFrom Peeps to Jelly Belly, these American candy producers are hard at work.

Shelter:

Design: Building a HouseHave you ever wondered how a house is constructed and where its building materials come from? This collection of images depicts the multi-step process of building a house made from wood and another from bricks. It shows how raw materials are processed to make lumber and bricks and how these materials are assembled to create a finished product.

Typical Arizona Houses | HunkerAlmost 80 percent of Arizona homes lie in the desert cities of Phoenix, Tucson, Yuma and Kingman, according to the 2000 Census. As a result, typical home designs incorporate designs and materials to resist the intense sunshine and dry air found in all altitudes in Arizona. The most common exterior...

Our cottage-style home in the middle of the Arctic tundra | Offbeat Home & LifeCambridge Bay is a fly-in only community north of the treeline and well within the Arctic circle. We've got a population of 1500 people, mostly Inuit. The community has two grocery stores, a hardware store, one bank, a post office, one restaurant, and a few government buildings. There are no bars, movie theatres, or shopping malls. It costs over $1000 one way to fly to the closest community. Despite that, there's a lot that going on here. We make our own fun at home.

Video: Hardwood floor in final March Madness game was made in Michigan American workers harvested the trees, then sanded and painted the wood used for the biggest game in college basketball.

Clothing

From Seed To Tee - Trusted ClothesWelcome to the world of conscious consumers, fair trade, organic fibres, and all the hard work that goes into changing an entire industry, together.

Clothing Infographic.pdf

The Journey of a Pair of Pants.pdf

Clothing manufacturing.pdf

Video: Made in America: The Clothing ChallengeDavid Muir hits the streets to see if people are wearing American-made clothes.

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