Oklahoma Social Studies 1.P.2.4
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- 1.P.2
- Use interdisciplinary tools to acquire, apply, and evaluate content understanding of the four strands of social studies.
Identify the principles of economic systems and develop an understanding of the benefits of a market system in local, national, and global settings. Collaboratively gather simple economic data from graphs. Identify needs and wants, including the concept of freedom of choice. Identify examples of the goods and services that school and community workers provide.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 1.P.2
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What Students Need to Do
- Students tell needs from wants and explain that people can choose what to buy. They name goods and services that school and community workers provide. With classmates, they read simple graphs about choices people make and look at products from nearby and far away.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student identifies water as a need, a toy as a want, bread as a good, and a bus ride as a service. They name what a baker and a bus driver provide, compare choices on a class graph, and explain why shoppers might like having two stores to choose from.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call everything they want a need or think a service is an object they take home. They may read the tallest bar as the least popular choice or think all stores sell the same things.
How to Assess It
- Give students a bar graph with 6 votes for apples and 3 for bananas, plus pictures of water, a toy, a baker, and a bus driver. Ask: “Which fruit got more votes? Which picture shows a need? What does each worker provide? Why might shoppers like having two fruit choices?”
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Ways to Teach It
Give pairs water and toy cards to sort as needs or wants, then match baker and bus driver cards to bread and rides.
Ask: “If two shops sell different snacks for one dollar, which would you choose, and why is having a choice helpful?”
Let groups vote for apples or bananas, build a bar graph with sticky notes, and name the more popular choice.
Place photos of local bread, an out-of-state apple, and an imported banana on a map; ask which stores sell them.
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Related Standards
- E.P.2.4
Identify the principles of economic systems and develop an understanding of the benefits of a market system in local, national, and global settings.
- USH.P.2.4
Identify the principles of economic systems and develop an understanding of the benefits of a market system in local, national, and global settings.
- AWH.P.2.4
Identify the principles of economic systems and develop an understanding of the benefits of a market system in local, national, and global settings.
- 3.P.2.4
The 3rd Grade version of this standard.
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