Global Communities Gr 2

This resource has been developed to cover the overall expectations of the Ontario Ministry of Education Social Studies People and Environments: Global Community curriculum. This unit can be used as a whole to fulfill the overall expectation requirements or it can be used by activity to compliment other resources and activities.

Goals of this resource include:

• having students identify a number of global issues and recognizing the role that Canada and Canadian citizens have played in these issues;
• using the social studies inquiry process to investigate a variety of responses to the global issues identified and
• promoting an understanding of the impact on identified regions of the world of Canada’s actions and inactions.

Includes 19 activities, 9 extension activities, teacher guide, and assessments.