Oklahoma Social Studies 7.C.7.3.C
The Standard
- 7.C.7
- Examine and compare economic systems as means by which governments organize and distribute available resources, services, and goods.
- 7.C.7.3
- Evaluate how the major sectors of economic activities contribute to the development of a country or region:
Businesses that provide services to consumers (Tertiary Sector)
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 7.C.7.3
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify businesses that serve customers, such as salons, bus companies, and grocery stores. They describe what each business does for its customers.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can name the service a salon, bus company, or grocery store provides. They can explain why a wheat farm or shoe factory is different.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think a grocery store does not count because it sells food. They may also confuse a shoe factory, which makes shoes, with a repair shop, which fixes them for customers.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Which are service businesses: a grocery store, a shoe factory, or a shoe repair shop? Name the service each correct choice provides.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cards labeled hair salon, wheat farm, shoe factory, grocery store, and shoe repair shop; have them sort service businesses from goods producers.
Ask students to write two sentences explaining why a grocery store counts as a service business even though it sells food.
Play a matching game where students pair customer needs, such as a haircut or bus ride, with business cards.
Ask students to name a business near school and explain how it serves customers, even if it sells goods.
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