Oklahoma Social Studies 7.P.2.4.C

Social Studies7th GradeSocial Studies Practices

The Standard

7.P.2: Use interdisciplinary tools to acquire, apply, and evaluate content understanding of the four strands of social studies.
7.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.

Explain how technology and trade impact standard of living and economic interdependence, using historical or contemporary examples.

Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 7.P.2.4

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use an example to explain how technology changes the price or availability of goods. They trace a traded product from its producer to its buyer and explain why people in different countries rely on each other.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can explain how container ships can lower clothing prices, giving families more buying power. They can show how an overseas factory and a local store depend on each other, then explain what a shipping delay would change.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think technology means only computers, not ships or refrigeration. They may assume cheaper goods help everyone equally, or overlook the workers and suppliers behind an imported product.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: How can container ships affect the price of a shirt and the lives of people who make or buy it? Name two groups in different countries that depend on the trade.

Lesson moves

Give groups a world map, yarn, and cotton-shirt supply cards; have them connect growers, factories, ports, and shoppers.
Ask: How might cheaper shipping help shoppers but hurt some workers when clothing production moves overseas?
Have pairs match refrigerated trucks, container ships, and online ordering cards to changes in food or clothing trade.
Have students check a shirt tag, mark its country of origin on a map, and name one technology used to get it here.

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