Unit 3: Where We are in Place and Time
Unit 3: Where we are in Place and Time This unit our school was practicing being balanced and flexible! We were both online and in school. The grade 2 students did an amazing job of adjusting to our changes and succeeding with all of the tasks that were placed in front of them. Our central idea for this unit was: Exploration has a lasting impact on both people and the plant. We explored ideas and imaginings about exploration as well as about indigenous people. First, we thought about exploration in our own lives and about what it means to explore. We took turns sharing places that we have explored, and places that we'd like to explore more. We thought about the central idea and took about each section for further inspection. We liked learning about explorers in the past and their impact on the world. We learned about famous explorers from near and far, from the far in the past and some from more recent history. We enjoyed learning about explorers such as Ibn Battuta, Felicity A