Oklahoma Social Studies 1.C.4.3
The Standard
- 1.C.4
- Describe the characteristics of free enterprise.
Explain how goods are produced from natural resources using human labor, identifying examples of goods and services that people in the local community produce (e.g., agricultural products, oil and gas, aerospace industry).
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 1.C.4
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students trace a good back to a natural resource and explain the work people do to make it. They name goods made nearby and services that local workers provide.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can tell how a farmer grows wheat and a baker uses it to make bread. They can name bread as a good and a haircut as a service.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think bread comes from the store without connecting it to wheat or workers. They may call a haircut a good because someone pays for it.
How to Assess It
- Show wheat kernels and a picture of bread. Ask students to tell how people turn the wheat into bread, then name one service someone provides nearby.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set out wheat kernels, flour, and a bread slice; pairs put them in order and add picture cards for farmer, mill worker, and baker.
Ask, 'What would happen to our bread if farmers stopped growing wheat? Who else helps make a loaf?'
Play a goods-or-services sort with picture cards showing bread, a haircut, gasoline, and a car repair; have students explain each choice.
Show a photo of a local bakery beside wheat kernels; ask who grows the wheat, who bakes the bread, and what customers buy.
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