CURRICULUM TIES
GRADE 2
Perspective Picture
ACTIVITY:
Students use a picture of an issue and are instructed to act out/tell stories about the different perspectives.
EXAMPLES:
-Image of the fish in the ocean and the fisherman trying to feed his family. What is the fishes perspective? What is the perspective of the fisherman and his family? How do they conflict?
-Image of an oil refinery on an ocean spilling pollution. What are the persepctives? How do they conflict?
OBJECTIVE:
Students begin to understand that there are multiple perspectives on all topics. This activity provides an opportunity for students to devlop skills in communicating to understand perspectives. They also engage in problem solving and take their first steps in understanding their own perspectives what influences them.
OUTCOMES:
L.A.
1.1 - express ideas and develop understanding -share personal experiences prompted by oral, print and other media texts
SOCIAL - BENCHMARKS
Social Participation as Democratic Practice -“drawing attention to situations of injustice where action is needed”
Communication - “express opinions and present perspectives”
National Resources
ACTIVITY:
Students help to create and then observe a map of the world with the different main resources placed over each nation. In groups, students work to discover what kinds of jobs and goods are avaliable in their 1 assigned nation. As a class, overview each nation - allowing each group to present. Then go over what might occur if the nation lost control over it's main resource OR if the resource ran out.
EXAMPLES:
Mexico: Corn
-Jobs - Farming jobs, food creation jobs
-Goods - Corn, Tortillas, Chips, Cornbread, Cereal
-Without control over corn, jobs would be lost and the country would be in poverty, possibly starving if they did not have corn avaliable
OBJECTIVE:
Students develop an appreciation for the difference among communities around the world. They discover themselves (through research and questioning) how different economies run and reflect on what might jepardize that.
OUTCOMES:
SOCIAL
2.1.4 investigate the economic characteristics of communities in Canada by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions for inquiry:
• What kinds of natural resources exist in the communities (e.g., fishing, agriculture, mining)? (ER, LPP)
• What are the occupations in each of the communities? (ER)
• What kinds of goods and services are available in the communities? (ER)
• What impact does industry have on the communities (i.e., agriculture, manufacturing)? (ER, LPP)