Grade 2 Spring History - Immigration Stories: Why Families Move, How They Journey, and How They Make Home
History · GEO G2 (CA HSS 2.2.3; TEKS 2.5.B, 2.6.A; KS1 Geography 1.1; D2.Geo.1-3.K-2) hist.g2.s.cul.world_map_class_origins

Pin and explain the class's ancestral places on a world map

Pin one's family ancestral place(s) on the class World Map (MG-5) and explain their location relative to the school. Identify the continent. Count the class's continents represented (pictograph cross-link with Math G2 Spring). Recognize that the class represents many places.

Mastery threshold
80%
Min instances
5
Typical minutes
40
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30
Prereqs
Successors
Common misconceptions
  • Believing the continent boundaries match country boundaries (they do not)
  • Believing one's family has only one place of origin (many families have multiple - dual heritage, intermarriage)
  • Believing the class's diversity makes any one child more or less American (it does not)

Exercise pool (3)

Diff Stem Type
1 Pin your family ancestral place(s) on the class World Map. Then identify the continent. map pin continent
3 Build a class pictograph: how many families came from each continent? Use one pin-icon per family. Identify the continent with the most... class pictograph
4 Look at the class world map. Write 2-3 sentences about what you notice. Why is it important that we represent many places? reflection diversity