Idaho Social Studies 4.SS.5.3

Social Studies4th GradeGlobal Perspectives

The Standard

Identify Idaho’s role in the global economy.

Idaho Content Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students identify products Idaho sells to other countries and goods Idaho buys from them. They explain how those sales and purchases affect people in Idaho.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can show frozen fries traveling from Idaho to an overseas buyer on a map. They can explain how that sale may support jobs on Idaho farms and in food processing plants.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think all Idaho products are sold nearby, or that Idaho exports only raw potatoes. They may mix up exports, which leave Idaho, with imports, which come in.
How to Assess It: Ask students to draw an arrow showing frozen fries sold from Idaho to Japan. Have them name one Idaho job that sale could support.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a map, yarn, and product cards; have them connect Idaho fries to Japan and an imported toy to Idaho.
Ask students to write: If a Japanese restaurant orders more Idaho fries, what might change for Idaho growers and processing workers?
Play a sorting game with product cards labeled with starting points and buyers; students sort each sale as an import or export.
Bring an Idaho potato bag and a banana labeled Ecuador; have students trace each product’s path to an Idaho store.

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