Alabama Social Studies SS24.2.4a

Social Studies2nd GradeEconomics

The Standard

SS24.2.4: Explain the economic processes of production and distribution, including the roles of producers, consumers, goods, and services.

Identify examples of imported and exported goods, including those produced within Alabama.

2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students find out where a good was made and where it is sold. They identify a banana brought from Ecuador to Alabama as an import and an Alabama-made car sold in Canada as an export.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given where a product was made and sold, students can say whether Alabama imported or exported it. They can name a good made in Alabama, such as a car, that could be exported.
Common Misconceptions: Students may call every Alabama-made product an export, even if it stays in Alabama. They may mix up the direction goods move or think imports are only food.
How to Assess It: Ask: “A banana grown in Ecuador is sold in Alabama. A car built in Alabama is sold in Canada. Which does Alabama import, and which does it export?”

Lesson moves

Give pairs a map and paper pictures of a banana and car. Have them move each picture from its origin to where it is sold.
Ask: “If Alabama sells a car to Canada, which place exports it and which place imports it?”
Have students sort cards labeled “Alabama peanuts sold in Japan,” “Chinese-made toys sold in Alabama,” and “Alabama cars sold in Canada.”
Have students check country-of-origin labels on classroom items and mark one imported item’s trip to Alabama on a map.

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