Oklahoma Social Studies K.C.4

K.C.4 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• K.C.4.1

  Differentiate between a need and a want by explaining that a need is necessary for survival while a want is something desired.

• K.C.4.2

  Explain the difference between a good and a service, including how they are used to meet needs and wants.

• K.C.4.3

  Identify examples of goods used by children, families, and communities (e.g., food, toys, clothing), drawing conclusions about where they come from and how they...

• K.C.4.4

  Identify examples of services provided by community members (e.g., medical care, fire protection, law enforcement, military service, elected officials).

• K.C.4.5

  Explain the relationship between work and earning money.

• K.C.4.6

  Identify ways that people use their money, including spending and saving.

01

What Students Need to Do

Children sort pictures of water, meals, toys, and candy into things people need and things they want. They name items people make or grow, jobs that help others, and places those items come from. They explain that people earn money by working and can spend it or save it.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A child explains why water is a need and a toy is a want. They call a coat a good and a firefighter's help a service. They can say that apples may come from another town and that a worker can spend or save their pay.

03

Common Misconceptions

Children may call a toy a need because they want it badly. They may call a fire truck a service instead of the firefighter's work. Some think money comes from the store rather than from paid work.

04

How to Assess It

Show an apple labeled “grown in another town,” a toy, and a firefighter at work. Ask each child to name a need, a want, a good, and a service, tell where the apple came from, and say how the firefighter earns and uses money.

1. 01

   Give pairs pictures of water, coats, toys, doctors, and firefighters; have them sort objects from people's work, then mark needs and wants.

2. 02

   Ask, “How is a firefighter's help different from the helmet they wear? Which one can you hold?”

3. 03

   Run a pretend shop with play coins: students earn three coins for packing shelves, buy a picture item, and save any left.

4. 04

   Bring a bag of apples with a labeled origin, find that place on a map, and draw the apples' trip to your town.

• 3.C.4

  Identify and describe basic economic activities creating prosperity for the state.

• E.C.2

  Evaluate how societies answer basic economic questions.

• E.C.1.1

  Define and explain basic economic concepts (e.g., scarcity, surplus, opportunity cost, cost/benefit analysis, risk/reward relationship, incentive, and trade-off...

• 2.C.4

  Understand basic economic concepts of a free market.