Grade 2 · Social Studies · Unit 2 of 6
Our Community Changes
See how life in communities changes.
What your child practises
Practises 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.
Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Investigate change in the community · Learn how communities change and how we find out about the past
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
A “then and now” picture compares…
- two places on the same day
- two kinds of weather
- a place in the past and today
a place in the past and today
Hint: Then means long ago and now means today.
Question 2
Why might a town build a new school?
- nobody needs schools
- fewer children live there
- more children live there now
more children live there now
Hint: Communities change when more families move in.
Question 3
Long ago, clothes were often washed…
- in a dishwasher
- in a washing machine
- by hand with a washboard
by hand with a washboard
Hint: Washing by hand took a long time.
Question 4
Which helps us learn how our community looked long ago?
- a weather forecast
- tomorrow’s news
- old photographs
old photographs
Hint: Old photos show the past.
Question 5
Long ago, many children went to school in…
- a school on a ship
- a one-room schoolhouse
- a big school with a gym
a one-room schoolhouse
Hint: One teacher taught children of many ages in one room.
Question 6
How might a school change when more families move to town?
- it may add classrooms or teachers
- it stays exactly the same
- it may close right away
it may add classrooms or teachers
Hint: Communities change to meet new needs.