Grade 2 Social Studies BC Learning Standards

Big Ideas

Social Studies

Curricular Competency

Content

diverse characteristics of communities and cultures in Canada and around the world, including at least one Canadian First Peoples community and culture

Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions

Local actions have global consequences, and global actions have local consequences.

how people's needs and wants are met in communities

Explain the significance of personal or local events, objects, people, or places (significance)

Canada is made up of many diverse regions and communities.

relationships between people and the environment in different communities

Ask questions, make inferences, and draw conclusions about the content and features of different types of sources (evidence)

Individuals have rights and responsibilities as global citizens.

diverse features of the environment in other parts of Canada and the world

Sequence objects, images, and events, or explain why some aspects change and others stay the same (continuity and change)

rights and responsibilities of individuals regionally and globally

Recognize the causes and consequences of events, decisions, or developments (cause and consequence)

roles and responsibilities of regional governments

Explain why people's beliefs, values, worldviews, experiences, and roles give them different perspectives on people, places, issues, or events (perspective)

Make value judgments about events, decisions, or actions, and suggest lessons that can be learned (ethical judgment)

Inquiry Skills

Perspectives

Ethical Judgement

Continuity and Change

Cause and Consequence

Simplified Curricular Competencies for Socials

Significance

Evidence