Grade 2 · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 7
Talking and Deciding Together
Listening, giving reasons and voting fairly
What your child practises
Democratic habits start small: listening to every idea, waiting for a turn, giving reasons, disagreeing kindly and voting fairly. These help children take part in class and community decisions.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: competencies for democratic discussion and decision making · listening, taking turns, giving reasons, respecting different views and voting fairly
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Put the steps for a class vote in order.
- 🔢Count the votes
- 💬Share ideas
- 🗳️Vote
- 📣Say the result
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Share ideas → Vote → Count the votes → Say the result
Hint: First we share ideas, then we vote, then we count, and last we say the result.
Question 2
Why do we share ideas before we vote?
- to make the vote harder
- to hear different views
- to waste time
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to hear different views
Hint: We vote better when we have listened first.
Question 3
In a vote, the idea with the most votes…
- wins
- loses
- is thrown away
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wins
Hint: The most votes make the group's decision.
Question 4
Two friends both want the swing. A fair plan is…
- take turns
- fight
- break the swing
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take turns
Hint: Taking turns is a fair solution.
Question 5
Another student shares a different idea from yours. What is a polite thing to say?
- “Thanks for sharing. I think differently.”
- “That is dumb.”
- “You can't say that.”
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“Thanks for sharing. I think differently.”
Hint: You can disagree and still be respectful.
Question 6
Does it help a group decide well? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 👍 helps · 🚫 does not help
- 😝making fun of an idea
- 🙉refusing to listen
- 💬giving a reason for your idea
- 🗳️voting fairly
- 📢shouting over others
- ✋waiting for your turn
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👍 helps: giving a reason for your idea, voting fairly, waiting for your turn · 🚫 does not help: making fun of an idea, refusing to listen, shouting over others
Hint: Good group members listen, wait their turn, give reasons and respect different ideas.