Virginia SOL CE.11

CE.11 is a Standards of Learning history and social science standard. These are the skills expectations under it.

• CE.11.a

  explaining that because of scarcity, consumers, producers, and governments must make economic choices, and understanding that all choices have an opportunity co...

• CE.11.b

  explaining the importance of innovation and productivity, including the freedom to choose occupations, the role of technology, and the development of human capi...

• CE.11.c

  comparing and contrasting free-market, command, and mixed economies to determine how each affects the allocation of limited resources and the subsequent effects...

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What Students Need to Do

Students identify scarce resources, explain choices, and name what is given up when a choice is made. They explain how technology, job choice, training, and innovation can increase productivity. They compare who allocates resources in market, command, and mixed economies and describe effects on daily life.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Given a scenario, students can identify the limited resource, the decision maker, the choice, and the opportunity cost. They can explain how training or technology changes output. They can also predict how different economic systems might allocate the same resource.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may confuse scarcity with a temporary shortage or think opportunity cost means only money spent. They may assume innovation always involves computers or that productivity means working longer. They may also think market economies have no government role and mixed economies divide control equally.

04

How to Assess It

Give students this exit ticket: A town can fund either job training or new buses. Identify the scarcity and opportunity cost, then explain how each economic system might make the choice.

1. 01

   Give teams 20 tokens and budget cards for roads, schools, and clinics, then have them record and defend their opportunity costs.

2. 02

   Ask students to write whether worker training or new machines would better increase a bakery's productivity, using two reasons.

3. 03

   Run an economic systems sorting race with scenario cards showing decisions made by consumers, businesses, or government officials.

4. 04

   Compare two local job postings and identify how education, technology skills, and occupational choice could affect wages and productivity.

• 3.10

  The student will apply history and social science skills to explain basic economic principles by

• 1.8

  The student will apply history and social science skills to explain how individuals make economic choices to meet their basic needs by

• CE.13

  The student will apply history and social science skills to analyze the role of government in the United States economy by

• 2.13

  The student will apply history and social science skills to understand basic economic principles by