myWorld Interactive – The Citizenship Activity Grade 2 Lesson

Encourage active citizenship! This Citizenship activity for Grade 2 of myWorld Interactive provides students with a biographical resource, while modeling civic engagement and civic virtues. In this Quest, children learn about different cultural groups in the United States and that part of what makes America special is our diversity.

Quest 6, Create a Cultural Quilt. In this Quest, your children will research to learn more about the major cultural groups present in the United States. Through their investigations of cultures and identification of elements present in American culture, children will be prepared to discuss the compelling question at the end of this inquiry.

Objectives

• Learn about the different cultural groups.
• Describe the ways cultural groups interact, including how other cultures helped develop the culture of America.
• Discuss how diversity is positive for all citizens in the United States.