Oklahoma Social Studies 3.C.4.2

3.C.4.2 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 3.C.4.2.A

  Explain how labor (human effort), land (natural resources), and capital (tools, machinery, technology) are used to produce goods and services.

• 3.C.4.2.B

  Describe how notable Oklahoma entrepreneurs (e.g., Gordon and May Lillie, O.W. Gurley, Frank Philips, Tom and Judy Love, Bill Braum) used their labor, land, and...

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What Students Need to Do

Students identify the workers, natural resources, and equipment a business uses. They explain how Oklahoma business owners used these resources to sell goods or services and create jobs.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can name oil deposits as land, drillers as labor, and drilling rigs as capital in Frank Phillips's business. They can explain that the business sold oil and employed workers.

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Common Misconceptions

Students may think land means only empty lots and miss resources such as oil underground. They may name startup money instead of equipment as capital, or forget that employees do much of the work.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Frank Phillips used oil deposits, workers, and drilling rigs. Label each as land, labor, or capital, then name one way his business affected Oklahoma.

1. 01

   Give pairs cards showing oil, a worker, and a drilling rig. Have them sort the cards into land, labor, and capital.

2. 02

   Show a photo of Tulsa's Greenwood businesses. Ask, "How did O.W. Gurley's land purchases help other people open shops or find work?"

3. 03

   Play Business Builder: students draw a worker, resource, and tool card, then name a good or service their business could provide.

4. 04

   Show a local bakery's menu or photo. Have students identify its workers, wheat, and ovens, then explain how it provides food and jobs.

• 3.C.4.3.B

  Examine how the development of recent economic activities has contributed to the state’s economy, identifying examples of goods and services provided by local b...

• 5.P.2.4.C

  Analyze the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship in a market economy.

• 4.P.2.4.C

  Analyze the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship in a market economy.

• E.C.7

  Analyze the role of entrepreneurs and laborers within a market economy.