Texas TEKS 1.6.B

Social Studies1st GradeEconomics

The Standard

describe similarities and differences in ways families meet basic human needs.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students compare examples of how families get food, clothing, and shelter. They name one way the families are alike and one way they are different.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given two family examples, students identify the need being met and explain the different methods used. For example, one family grows vegetables while another buys them.
Common Misconceptions: Students may confuse needs with wants or focus only on different foods, clothes, or homes. They may assume all families live like theirs or judge unfamiliar choices as wrong.
How to Assess It: Show pictures of one family growing vegetables and another buying vegetables. Ask, "What need are both families meeting, and what is different about how they meet it?"

Lesson moves

Sort picture cards showing gardening, grocery shopping, sewing, buying clothes, renting, and owning into food, clothing, and shelter groups.
Discuss: How is growing tomatoes like buying tomatoes, and how is it different?
Play a matching game by pairing two cards that meet the same need in different ways.
Ask a family member how the family gets one basic need, then draw the answer and compare it with a classmate's.

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