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2nd grade · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 9

Our Community Changes

See how life in communities changes.

What your child practices

Practices how communities change over time: daily life long ago and today, changes made by people and by nature, finding out about the past from photos, museums and older people, and timelines. It follows the Grade 2 outcome on change in the community.

Maine Learning Results learning standard: History 1 · key events in the history of the community and how it has changed

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Communities change over time. Some changes are made by people, some by nature.
  2. Old maps and photos show how a place has changed.
  3. Older people can tell us how things used to be.

Example: Which change is caused by nature: a storm knocking down trees or a new school? People build schools. Storms come from nature. Answer: a storm knocking down trees

Our Community Changes in Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, this is unit 4 of 9 in 2nd grade Social Studies, after Communities Compared and before Working Together Fairly.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Maine Department of Education

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Long ago, many towns had a general store that sold…

    • a little bit of everything
    • only cars
    • only phones

  2. Question 2

    Long ago, many people bought milk from…

    • an online store
    • a vending machine
    • a milk delivery to the door

  3. Question 3

    A museum helps us learn about…

    • only the future
    • tomorrow’s weather
    • the past

  4. Question 4

    After a big storm, people in a community often…

    • help clean up and fix things
    • move away right away
    • do nothing at all

  5. Question 5

    Long ago, how did many people travel across the water to another town?

    • by sailboat or ferry
    • by electric car
    • by airplane

  6. Question 6

    What is one way a community might change in the future?

    • the days will get longer forever
    • new homes may be built
    • it will have no people

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