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Grade 2 · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 6

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.

Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: Elementary Social Studies (NWT, 1993), Civics and economics · talking, listening and making decisions together in a group

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

    Put the steps for a class vote in order.

    • 🔢Count the votes
    • 💬Share ideas
    • 🗳️Vote
    • 📣Say the result

  2. Question 2

    Why do we share ideas before we vote?

    • to make the vote harder
    • to hear different views
    • to waste time

  3. Question 3

    In a vote, the idea with the most votes…

    • wins
    • loses
    • is thrown away

  4. Question 4

    Two friends both want the swing. A fair plan is…

    • take turns
    • fight
    • break the swing

  5. 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.”

  6. 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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