Proficiency Statement and Indicators Students should be able to:
Explain how people meet basic economic wants and needs.
Identify goods and services that people need and want.
Describe how people work to obtain food, shelter, and clothing
(goodsand services).
Describe the economic activities that family members do together.
Identify specific jobs that people do.
Explain that people earn money (income) by working.
Sample Student Activities Students might
Using magazine pictures, make a mural or collage of basic needs
or goods and services. Label the collage with symbols for food, shelter,
clothing, etc.
Use play dough to make models of goods or people performing services.
Make a pictorial journal of economic activities in which they participate.
Name and discuss different jobs that people do.
Play "charades," by acting out the role of individuals earning money
by performing various jobs.
