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2nd grade · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 10

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.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 2.4.19.1 · how a community's culture today reflects its past

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 Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 7 of 10 in 2nd grade Social Studies, after Then & Now and before Work and Prices.

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

    Long ago, many people in coastal towns worked as…

    • video game makers
    • astronauts
    • fishers

  2. Question 2

    Long ago, people got news from…

    • phone apps
    • newspapers
    • websites

  3. Question 3

    A museum helps us learn about…

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

  4. Question 4

    Which tells us when an old building was built?

    • the color of the door
    • a date carved on it or old records
    • the weather today

  5. Question 5

    A new library opens in town. What is one good change?

    • more people can borrow books
    • fewer books for everyone
    • nobody can read

  6. Question 6

    Which question helps you learn about change in your community?

    • How tall is my desk?
    • What is my favorite color?
    • What did this place look like long ago?

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