Oklahoma Social Studies 1.C.4.2

Social Studies1st GradeContent Standards

The Standard

Differentiate between natural resources and human-made products.

Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 1.C.4

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students sort things found in nature, like rocks and trees, from things people make, like pencils and chairs. They explain how a material from nature can become something people use.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student identifies a tree as something that grows in nature and a wooden chair as something people made. They explain that people used wood from a tree to make the chair.
Common Misconceptions: Students may call a wooden chair natural because it is made of wood. They may call an apple human-made because they bought it at a store.
How to Assess It: Show pictures of a cotton plant and a T-shirt. Ask, 'Which did people make? What did they use from nature?'

Lesson moves

Place a leaf, rock, pencil, and paper cup on a table; have pairs sort them and explain one choice.
Ask partners, 'A wooden chair came from a tree. Why does a chair not grow in nature?'
Play a picture-card sorting relay with apples, trees, shirts, and tables; have each student explain one choice.
At lunch, ask students to compare an apple and a juice box: Which did people make?

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