Idaho Social Studies 4.SS.3.4

Social Studies4th GradeEconomics

The Standard

Identify goods and services in early Idaho settlements.

Idaho Content Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students identify things people bought or traded in early Idaho settlements, such as flour and lumber. They also identify paid work, such as fixing tools or carrying people across a river.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student labels a sack of flour as a good and a blacksmith fixing a pickaxe as a service. They explain that the flour is an item, while the repair is work someone does.
Common Misconceptions: Students may call a repaired pickaxe a service, rather than the work of repairing it. They may call flour a service because a shopkeeper helped sell it.
How to Assess It: Give students this exit ticket: A miner buys a sack of flour and pays a blacksmith to fix a pickaxe. Name the good and the service, and explain each choice.

Lesson moves

Have pairs sort picture cards showing flour, lumber, a ferry crossing, and pickaxe repair under goods or services.
Ask, "What does a miner take home after buying flour, and what happens when a blacksmith fixes a pickaxe?"
Play a sorting relay with cards showing wool, a doctor's visit, firewood, and wagon transport.
Draw two sample receipts, one for flour and one for bike repair, then compare the repair with a blacksmith's work in an Idaho settlement.

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