Oklahoma Social Studies 7.C.7.3
Standard Cluster
- 7.C.7
- Examine and compare economic systems as means by which governments organize and distribute available resources, services, and goods.
Evaluate how the major sectors of economic activities contribute to the development of a country or region: Extraction and harvesting of natural products (Primary Sector); Production of goods through manufacturing and construction (Secondary Sector); Businesses that provide services to consumers (Tertiary Sector); Research and intellectual services such as technology and innovation (Quaternary Sector).
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 7.C.7
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Standards in This Cluster
7.C.7.3 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.
- 7.C.7.3.A
Extraction and harvesting of natural products (Primary Sector)
- 7.C.7.3.B
Production of goods through manufacturing and construction (Secondary Sector)
- 7.C.7.3.C
Businesses that provide services to consumers (Tertiary Sector)
- 7.C.7.3.D
Research and intellectual services such as technology and innovation (Quaternary Sector).
Teacher's field guide
What This Cluster Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify work that gathers raw materials, makes goods, provides services, or develops new ideas. They explain how those kinds of work add jobs, income, or better ways to produce goods in a region.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can place wheat farming, flour milling, grocery sales, and crop research in the right sectors. They can explain how the four activities work together to support a region's economy.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call grocery sales manufacturing because a store sells goods. They may put crop research with farming because both involve crops, or assume a region no longer needs farming once it has technology jobs.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Label wheat farming, flour milling, grocery sales, and crop research by sector. Explain how two of these activities work together to add jobs or income.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups four wheat job cards and string; have them sort the cards by sector and connect jobs that depend on each other.
Ask: Would a wheat-growing region gain more from a new flour mill or a crop research lab? Write a claim with two reasons.
Play a sorting relay with cards for mining, house building, banking, and software research; teams name each sector and justify one choice.
Use a local grocery receipt to trace one item back to its raw material, factory, store, and product research.
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- 6.C.6
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- 6.C.6.3
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- 4.C.4
Examine the United States of America’s economic system and its economic activities which support human development.
- 4.C.4.2.A
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