Alabama Social Studies SS24.1.6a

Social Studies1st GradeEconomics

The Standard

SS24.1.6: Explain how farmers produce food and manufacturers turn raw materials into products.

Explain how products are distributed from producers to sellers to consumers.

2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students trace a product from the person who makes or grows it, to a seller, to a buyer. They explain what happens at each stop.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can draw arrows from a farmer to a grocery store to a shopper for an apple. They can say who grew it, who sold it, and who bought it.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think the grocery store grew the apple because that is where they see it. They may mix up the truck that carries the apple with the store that sells it.
How to Assess It: Ask students to draw arrows showing how an apple gets from a farmer to a grocery store to a shopper. Have them label who grows, sells, and buys it.

Lesson moves

Give students paper apples and have them move the apples from a farmer's desk to a store desk, then to a shopper.
Show a cereal box and ask, 'Who made this, who sold it, and who bought it?'
Hand out farmer, store, and shopper cards, then have students line up in the order an apple travels.
Show a grocery receipt and have students pick one item and name who made it, sold it, and bought it.

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