Oklahoma Social Studies E.C.2.1
The Standard
- E.C.2
- Evaluate how societies answer basic economic questions.
Compare traditional, market (free enterprise), command, and mixed economic systems, and explain how each addresses the three basic economic questions of what to produce, how to produce, and for who to produce.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · E.C.2
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use clues in a scenario to tell whether custom, buyers and sellers, government orders, or a mix guides decisions. They explain how those decisions affect what gets made, how workers make it, and who gets it.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given four bread supply scenarios, a student can identify who chooses the bread, the baking method, and who receives it. They can explain how custom, prices, government orders, or public programs shape those choices.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think a market gives everyone equal access, rather than favoring buyers who can pay. They may think a mixed economy has one decision maker instead of both private businesses and government. They may assume customs never change.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Bread is supplied by family custom, customer demand, state quotas, or private shops with public meal vouchers. Name each system, then state who decides the bread type, baking method, and recipients.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups four bread supply cards: family custom, customer orders, state quotas, and meal vouchers. Sort them by system and name the decision makers.
Ask: Who decides what bread is baked, how it is baked, and who gets it under each system? Require a reason for each answer.
Read bread supply clues aloud, such as a state quota or customer preorder. Students hold up a system card and name the deciding factor.
Compare public school lunches with a sandwich shop. List who picks the meals, how workers prepare them, and who gets to eat.
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