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Grade 2 · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 6

Land, Weather & Maps

How nature shapes our community, and maps as models

What your child practises

How prairie land, rivers, forests and cold winters shape homes, jobs, clothing and fun in a community, and how maps, globes and models stand for real places.

Saskatchewan Curriculum outcome: DR2.2, DR2.3 · how the land, water and weather shape the local community, and maps, globes and models as representations of real things

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

    Which is the best example of the natural environment shaping a local celebration?

    ❄️
    • a winter festival with snow sculptures and skating
    • a spelling bee
    • a movie night
    • a birthday party indoors

  2. Question 2

    Which is part of the natural environment?

    🏞️
    • a lake
    • a bridge
    • a school bus
    • a parking lot

  3. Question 3

    On a map, a small tree symbol often shows…

    🌳
    • a park or forest
    • a school
    • a lake
    • a road

  4. Question 4

    Is it a model or map of a real thing, or the real thing itself? Tap an item, then tap its basket.

    Sort into: 🗺️ model or map · 🏞️ the real thing

    • 🗺️a map of the school
    • 🌐a globe
    • 🏞️a real lake
    • 🧸a toy farm with a tiny barn
    • 🏫your school building
    • 🚜a real farm

  5. Question 5

    A map of your school shows the gym as a small rectangle. Why is that fine?

    🏫
    • a map uses simple shapes to stand for real places
    • maps cannot show buildings
    • the gym is really that small
    • the map is wrong

  6. Question 6

    Why might a town on the prairie have tall grain elevators, but a town by the ocean have a harbour?

    🌾
    • each town uses its natural environment in its own way
    • harbours store wheat
    • grain elevators are for boats
    • all towns are the same

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