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2nd grade · Social Studies · Unit 2 of 10

Climate & Ways of Life

Weather, land and how people live

What your child practices

How people dress, build, farm and work to suit their weather and land, and reading photos and maps for clues about climate.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 2.3.16.1; 2.4.21.1 · how the environment shapes how people live, and how people change the environment

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Climate is the usual weather in a place.
  2. In hot places, people wear light clothes and drink more water.
  3. In snowy places, people plow roads, wear warm clothes and skate or ski.

Example: In a hot, sunny place, people often wear… Heavy clothes trap heat. Light clothes help you stay cool. Answer: light clothes

Climate & Ways of Life in Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 2 of 10 in 2nd grade Social Studies, after Communities Compared and before Talking and Deciding Together.

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: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

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

    A community near a big lake could use the lake for…

    • fishing, boating and swimming
    • growing bananas
    • skiing in July

  2. Question 2

    People in a rainy place often carry…

    ☔
    • snowshoes
    • umbrellas
    • sand buckets

  3. Question 3

    Which is a physical feature of a community?

    • a school
    • a lake
    • a road

  4. Question 4

    In a snowy place, children might play on…

    🛷
    • a camel
    • a sled
    • a surfboard

  5. Question 5

    In flat farming lands with lots of sun and rain, many people grow…

    • crops
    • snowmen
    • icebergs

  6. Question 6

    Hot weather makes people want to drink…

    • more water
    • less water
    • snow

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