Florida SS.4.FL.2.3
The Standard
Identify some of the ways that people spend a portion of their income on goods and services in order to increase their personal satisfaction or happiness.
Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify goods and services people buy with earned money. They explain how purchases can provide enjoyment, comfort, convenience, or support for hobbies and interests.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can label a purchase as a good or service and name the source of money used. The student can explain why different people may choose different purchases for satisfaction.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think all earned money must be spent or that expensive purchases always create more happiness. They may also confuse physical goods with services or assume everyone enjoys the same things.
How to Assess It
- Give this exit ticket: “Maya earns $20 and buys art supplies and skating admission. Label each purchase as a good or service, then explain how each might satisfy her.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs $30 in play money and purchase cards, then have them choose goods and services that fit a character’s interests.
Ask students to write which would bring them more satisfaction, a new book or a music lesson, and explain why.
Play a card sort where teams classify purchases as goods or services and match each one to enjoyment, comfort, convenience, or hobbies.
Have students compare local prices for one item and one activity, then choose how to spend a fixed allowance and explain their choice.
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- SS.4.FL.2.2
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- SS.4.FL.3.1
Identify ways that income is saved, spent on goods and services, or used to pay taxes.
- SS.K.E.1.3
Recognize that people work to earn money to buy things they need or want.
- SS.2.E.1.4
Explain the personal benefits and costs involved in saving and spending.
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