Need engaging materials for the NEW 2025 Grade 2 Alberta Social Studies curriculum?
Time and Place: Making Connections in Diverse Communities is your all-in-one teaching unit for the first theme of the new curriculum fully UPDATED to match the final version released in June 2025.
This resource helps students explore how Canada’s diverse land and cultures shape our connections across communities and time. With ready-to-use lessons, interactive slides, and real-world learning experiences, your students will build deeper understanding, and you’ll save hours of planning.
Unit Focus:
Students will make connections between land, heritage, and community as they explore:
How does the land in Canada differ from place to place?
How can heritage build on foundations from the past?
This unit encourages students to think critically, ask questions, and build real-world connections with their surroundings, fostering curiosity, empathy, and cultural understanding.
✅ What’s Included:
✅ Overview of all Grade 2 KUSPs for "Time and Place"
✅ Student-friendly “I Can” statements
✅ Visual journal prompts for reflection and creativity
✅ Teacher information pack (39 pages) with further learning ideas
✅ Teaching slides (160 slides) to guide every lesson using real Alberta images, gives visual supports for those complex concepts. Gives a 'script' to follow when you're unsure of what to say next. Includes kid-friendly language.
✅ 17 sequential lessons covering 9 required Skills & Procedures
✅ Student workbook (36 pages) matched to each lesson with answer key
✅ Bonus materials: anchor charts, Tier 3 vocabulary cards, sorting games, and more (46 pages)
✅ 1-page assessments for each skill & procedure (24 pages + answer keys)
✅ Midpoint assessment and marking sheet for class tracking
✅ Online book and video links to extend learning
✅ Interactive websites for teachers and students — includes a cardinal directions game
✅ Virtual field trips across Alberta and Canada
Why Alberta Teachers Love It:
✅ Built 100% for the NEW 2025 Alberta Social Studies curriculum
✅ Created by an Alberta teacher, with practical classroom experience
✅ Organized and easy to follow: great for planning, sub days, and visual learners
✅ Combines inquiry, reflection, and creativity with real-life Alberta and Canadian examples
✅ Perfect for teachers looking to cover all outcomes confidently and creatively
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
"Once again, another great resource by Mummabell! I am piloting the new curriculum this year and this resource has been a game changer! My students love completing the activities. Everything is also organized so well in the resource. Student pages, teacher pages, etc, all have their own seperate files for easy access. Thank you so much!" (TPT buyer)
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremely satisfied
"I am prepping this summer in order to get ready to teach grade 2 social studies. I have found this resource very helpful in the organizing what I’m going to do this year. It is taken so much of the planning off of my shoulders."
Melonee S. (TPT Buyer)
Jul 29, 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremely satisfied
"Mummabell resources are always great. There are lots of activities to choose from. Thank you so much for having the resources ready to go for piloting and then editing quickly for the final curriculum. It is appreciated!"
Courtney R. (TPT Buyer)
Jul 25, 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremely satisfied
"Thank you so much, Mummabell! While I haven't been able to use the resource yet, I've gone over all the new updates that were provided, and this is going to make a transition to a new curriculum so much easier than I anticipated!"
Nicole G. (TPT Buyer)
Jul 21, 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremely satisfied
"This resource was an absolute lifesaver! Piloting a new curriculum was already stressful, but having a solid foundation to build on made the process so much more manageable. Another fantastic resource from Mummabell!"
Meghan F. (TPT Buyer)
Apr 13, 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremely satisfied
"This resource worked great, it was engaging and very informative! Took a lot of stress off my plate of planning."
Taylor W. (TPT Buyer)
Apr 10, 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very satisfied
"I haven't been using the new curriculum yet, but this was a good supplemental resource for our current curriculum."
Dana N. (TPT Buyer)
Nov 17, 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremely satisfied
"This is well laid out and students seem to enjoy it. Great resource especially for the new curriculum."
Margaret-Jean Rutkowsky (TPT Buyer)
Sep 29, 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremely satisfied
"So greateful this came out to help with the new pilot of the curriculum!!"
Jordana B. (TPT Buyer)
Aug 28, 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremely satisfied
"The only reason I signed up to pilot the new social curriculum because I knew that Mummabell would be coming out with resources for it. Like all of the other resources, it makes implementing a new curriculum so easy and saves so much time! EVERYTHING has been thought of and provided to teach the outcomes and I don't have to worry about anything except making sure the photocopier and technology works. THANK YOU!!!!!"
Jamie J. (TPT Buyer)
Aug 25, 2024
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