Oklahoma Social Studies K.C.4.3

Social StudiesKindergartenContent Standards

The Standard

K.C.4
Identify basic economic concepts.
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 connect us to other communities.

Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · K.C.4

Teacher's field guide

What This Standard Means

What Students Need to Do

Students name things people use, such as food, toys, and clothing. They tell where an item was grown or made and how it got to their community.

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can name a toy they use, food their family buys, and a ball used at a park. They can explain that a shirt made in another place was brought to a store in their town.

Common Misconceptions

Some children think a store makes everything it sells. Others think all the goods they use come from their own town.

How to Assess It

Show a shirt with a readable “Made in” label. Ask, “Who uses this? Where was it made? How did it get to our town?”

Lesson moves

Ways to Teach It

  1. Give pairs a toy, an apple, and a shirt with picture cards showing a factory, farm, and clothing workshop to match.

  2. Show a banana and ask, “Who might grow this, and how could it reach our store?”

  3. Play a matching game with picture cards: pair bread with a bakery, an apple with a farm, and a toy with a factory.

  4. Read the “Made in” label on a classroom shirt, then point to that place and your town on a map.

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