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Communities Near and Far

  • Grade 2
  • Social Studies
  • 59 s
  • British Columbia
  • BC2-SS-01

A community is a place where people live and work, shown with three places side by side: a city, an Inuit community in the far north and a farm village. One thing at a time, each place gets its own homes, work and way of getting around, plus an inuksuk built stone by stone, and the video ends on the recap that communities near and far have different homes, work and travel.

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The question this lesson answers

What is a community? Let's find out together.

A community is a place where people live and work.

Transcript

What the lesson says

What is a community? Let's find out together.

A community is a place where people live and work.

In a big city, many people live in tall buildings.

Many people there work in shops.

Many people ride a bus to get around.

This Inuit community is in the far north.

Many homes here stand on posts above frozen ground.

Some people fish through a hole in the ice.

In winter, many people ride snowmobiles to get around.

Inuit stack stones into an inuksuk to mark the way.

In a farm village, families live in small houses.

Many people there grow rice in wet fields.

Many people ride bicycles to get around.

Communities near and far have different homes, work and travel.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 2

Social Studies, Communities: diverse characteristics of communities and cultures in Canada and around the world, including at least one Canadian First Peoples community and cultureBC2-SS-01

Next: What Is Culture?

The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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