Virginia SOL 2.13.a
The Standard
identifying natural resources (e.g., water, soil, wood, coal), human resources (i.e., people at work), and capital resources (e.g., machines, tools, computers, buildings)
Virginia Standards of Learning for History and Social Science
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students sort resources into three groups based on where they come from and how they help produce goods or services. They explain that nature supplies some resources, workers provide labor, and people make items used for work.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given pictures of a farm, factory, or school, students correctly classify each resource and explain their choices. They can name resources from all three groups that work together to produce a good or service.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think capital resources means money. They may classify a wooden table as natural because it is made from wood. They may label all people as human resources, even when the people are not shown working.
How to Assess It
- Show pictures of a river, carpenter, hammer, and school building. Students label each resource type and write one sentence explaining one choice.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Place picture cards and classroom tools into three labeled hoops, then have pairs sort each item and defend one choice.
Ask, “What resources are needed to make a wooden chair?” and have students name one from each group in writing.
Play Resource Relay: teams draw a card, place it under the correct heading, and earn a point after explaining why.
Tour the cafeteria and list the ingredients from nature, workers, and equipment needed to prepare and serve lunch.
Keep exploring
Related Standards
- 3.10.b
understanding different cultures and the natural, human, and capital resources they use in the production of goods and services
- CE.14.c
identifying human capital, abilities, intellectual and physical skills, work habits, and education, and the changing supply and demand in the economy;
- WG.2
The student will apply history and social science skills to evaluate the significance of natural, human, and capital resources by
- WG.2.c
evaluating perspectives regarding the use of resources.
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