I/D

Explain how basic human needs of food, clothing, shelter, and transportation are met.

I

Understand that people create shelter according to both culture and environment.

I

Recognize how jobs are similar and different from one community to another.

I/D

Explain why people have jobs.

I/D

Distinguish between needs and wants.

I

Recognize that all jobs are significant and realize that some jobs are interdependent.

First Grade

I

Recognize that workers who provide services earn money to meet needs and wants.

I

Recognize that people advertise goods and services through different forms of communication.

I

Identify how people exchange goods and services.

D

Describe the requirements of various jobs and the characteristics of a job well performed.

I

Describe how specialized jobs contribute to the production of goods and services.

D

Recognize that goods and services are exchanged worldwide.

I

Give examples of industries and the resources needed to operate industries.

D

Identify examples of goods and services in the home, school, and community.

D

Distinguish the difference between goods and services.

I

Differentiate between consumers and producers.

Second Grade 

I

Explain how work provides income to purchase goods and services.

I

Describe how society depends upon workers with specialized jobs and the ways in which they contribute to the production and exchange of goods and services.
The Goat In the Rug
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
reinventing the past

I

Give examples of the various institutions that make up economic systems such as families, workers, banks, labor unions, government agencies, small businesses, and large corporations.

I

Recognize that communities around the state and world are economically interdependent.

I

Know the major products of Tennessee.
kidsport
Products of Tennessee

I

Categorize resources needed to operate industries.

I

Understand the necessity of importing resources needed for industry.

Third Grade 

I

Identify ways of earning, spending, and saving money.

Welcome to Econopolis

Welcome to Econopolis

A

Classify needs and wants using pictures of common items (i.e., food, cleaning products, clothes, candy, makeup).
Needs and Wants

Unit Identify Personal Choices

Why Do I Want All This Stuff

Geography and Economics

To Market, To Market
Unlimited Wants Goods and Services

A

Using a picture, differentiate the difference between a producer and a consumer. 

We Are Consumers and Producers

To Market, To Market

We Are Consumers and Producers

Economics and Literature

Clipping Coupons

I

Analyze a simple budget that allocates money for spending and saving.
Money Management

I

Identify examples of private and public goods and services. 

Communities – What They Provide for Us

Community Helper Are at Your Service

I

Identify examples of scarcity.

Economic Spotter: Resources During World War II

I

Explain how supply and demand affects the price of a good or service.

Supply & Demand

Explain Market Price

Explain Market Price

A

Distinguish between imports and exports. 

Where Do Your Belongings Come From?

Commerce

The World on a String  

A

Differentiate between money and barter economies.

Hawaiian Economics: Barter for Fish & Poi

Hawaiian Economics: Barter for Fish and Poi

I

Recognize that the world has different agricultural and industrial regions.

Agriculture in the Classroom

A

Interpret a map showing agricultural and industrial areas.
North Carolina: Agriculture Overview
Agricultural Map
Industrialization

I

 Explain the characteristics of a technologically expanding global economy.
Japanese Economy

I

Explain the impact of scarcity on interdependence within and among regions.
Scarcity and Interdependence

I

Recognize that Tennessee and the United States have different agricultural and industrial regions.
4-H Virtual Farm

I

Be aware of how goods and services are interchanged between communities at the local and national levels.
Made in the U. S. A.

D

Trace the development of a product from a natural resource to a finished product.
Where Does Our Breakfast Come From?
A Simple Chocolate Bar

A

Distinguish the difference between a natural resource and finished product. 
From the Land: A North Carolina Natural Resources Adventure
Natural Resources: Renewable & Nonrenewable
How Do People Make….

Fourth Grade 

D

Identify the economic motivations for European exploration and colonization.

Why Explorers Explored

A

Analyze the impact of European exploration and colonization on the economy of Tennessee.

D

Describe how Native Americans in Tennessee and the Western Hemisphere met their basic economic needs.

A

Interpret a chart of major agricultural produce in Tennessee (i.e., cotton, tobacco, soy beans, rice, corn, cattle, wheat, swine, and sheep). 
Tennessee Agriculture
Agriculture Statistics
A History of Tennessee Agriculture: Elementary

I

Analyze how people in different parts of the United States earned a living in the past and do so in the present.
Making a Living in the New World  
What Interests You?  Career Choices

D

Explain the economic patterns of various early Native American groups in Tennessee and the Western Hemisphere.

A

Recognize the difference between a barter system and a money system.

How Money Began

I

Identify major industries of colonial America.
The Thirteen Colonies
Work in Colonial America
The 13 American Colonies

A

Identify major industries of colonial America using a map of the original thirteen colonies.
Work
Interactive Map: The 13 American Colonies
The 13 American Colonies: Characteristics of the Colonies

I

Explain the economic patterns of early European colonial governments and their relationships with foreign governments.

M

Explain and demonstrate the role of money in daily life.

KidsBank

I

Describe the relationship of price to supply and demand and how it affected early American history.
Bartering for Goods
Beanie Baby Lesson Plan

I

Use economic concepts such as supply, demand, and price to help explain events.
Economic Concepts

A

Recognize the concept of supply and demand.
Econopolis

Serving Up Economics

I

Identify the economic motivations for European exploration and settlement in Tennessee and the Western Hemisphere.
Why Explorers Explored the World
From Territory to Statehood

I

Examine the location, distribution, and patterns of economic activities and settlement in Tennessee. Tennessee History