Alabama Social Studies SS24.K.5b

Social StudiesKindergartenEconomics

The Standard

SS24.K.5: Describe the concept of exchange and how money is used to purchase goods and services.

Differentiate between goods and services.

2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students tell the difference between a thing they get and work someone does for them. They sort familiar examples, such as an apple and a haircut, and explain their choices.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student sorts pictures of shoes and milk as goods, and a haircut and bus ride as services. They can say, “I get the shoes, but someone gives me the ride.”
Common Misconceptions: Some students call a haircut a good because they pay for it. Others call a bus ride a good because they see the bus, not the ride the driver provides.
How to Assess It: Show pictures of bread and a barber cutting hair. Ask, “Which picture shows a good? Which shows a service? How do you know?”

Lesson moves

Give pairs a pencil, an apple, and photos of a barber and bus driver at work to sort into goods and services.
Ask, “You pay for a sandwich and a haircut. What do you get each time?”
Play a picture-card sort with shoes, milk, a bike repair, and a haircut; have students name each as a good or service.
Show a cafeteria milk carton and a photo of a worker serving lunch; ask which is a good and which is a service.

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