Oklahoma Social Studies 6.C.6.3.D
The Standard
- 6.C.6
- Analyze economic systems of the world and how they impact the development of a nation and region.
- 6.C.6.3
- Explain how different sectors of a nation’s economy contribute to the development of a nation.
Quaternary Sector: Research and intellectual services such as technological advancement and innovation (e.g., Silicon Valley and Sao Paulo’s technology centers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 6.C.6.3
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify work that creates new knowledge or technology, such as lab research and software design. They explain how that work differs from making or selling a product.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can identify the research job in a group of job descriptions and name what it produces. They can explain why designing a battery differs from building or selling one.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think any job that uses a computer is a research job. They may also treat designing a product, making it, and selling it as the same kind of work.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A lab designs a new battery, a factory builds it, and a store sells it. Which job belongs to the research sector? Explain your choice.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cards labeled battery lab, phone factory, phone store, and farm; have them sort the cards by the work each place does.
Ask: A team designs an app while another sells phone plans. Which team creates new technology? Explain your answer.
Read chip designer, corn grower, chip assembler, and phone seller aloud; students move to research, growing, making, or selling corners.
On a printed map, mark Silicon Valley, São Paulo, and MIT in Cambridge; name one research or design job at each place.
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