Florida SS.4.FL.2.6
The Standard
Predict how people’s spending choices are influenced by prices as well as many other factors, including advertising, the spending choices of others, and peer pressure.
Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students predict what someone might buy after comparing prices, ads, friends’ choices, and peer pressure. They explain which factor influenced the choice and why.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students examine a shopping situation and make a reasonable prediction about the buyer’s choice. They support it with evidence about price or social influence.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume the lowest-priced item is always chosen or that ads always change a buyer’s mind. They may also confuse a friend’s example with direct peer pressure.
How to Assess It
- Give students two snack choices with prices and this detail: “Your friends say everyone buys Snack B.” Ask which snack the buyer might choose and why.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set up a mock store with price tags, colorful ads, and peer comments, then have students choose one item and explain their decision.
Ask students to write about a time an ad or another person made them want something and how price affected their choice.
Play Choice Detective by reading shopping scenarios while teams identify the strongest influence: price, advertising, others’ choices, or peer pressure.
Compare two real grocery advertisements and predict which product a family might buy based on price, ad wording, and family preferences.
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