Georgia SSKE3

SSKE3 is a Georgia social studies standard. These are the elements under it.

• SSKE3.a

  Distinguish goods from services.

• SSKE3.b

  Identify that U.S. coins and dollar bills (paper money) are used as currency.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain that people give money to get an item or have someone do a job. They sort examples into goods and services.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can act out paying for a good or service with pretend money. The student can explain who pays, what they receive, and why.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may think money is only coins, or that a credit card gives people free items. They may also confuse a good with a service.

04

How to Assess It

Show pictures of a book and a haircut. Ask, “Which is a good, which is a service, and how could you pay for each?”

1. 01

   Set up a classroom store where students use pretend money to buy pencils, snacks, or a turn at a shoe-cleaning service.

2. 02

   Ask students to draw one good and one service their family might pay for, then explain each drawing to a partner.

3. 03

   Play Goods or Services Corners, reading examples aloud while students move to the matching labeled corner.

4. 04

   Examine a grocery receipt and identify the items purchased, the amount paid, and who received the money.

• SS5E2.a

  Describe the household function in providing resources and consuming goods and services.

• SS2E3

  Explain that people usually use money to obtain the goods and services they want and explain how money makes trade easier than barter.

• SS3E3.d

  Explain that most countries create their own currency for use as money.

• SS3E3.b

  Describe how goods and services are allocated by price in the marketplace.