Economics
Ohio Social Studies Standards · Kindergarten
Students use economic reasoning skills and knowledge of major economic concepts, issues and systems in order to make informed choices as producers, consumers, savers, investors, workers and citizens in an interdependent world.
GradeKindergarten
SubjectSocial Studies
Levelstrand
Child standards (26)
- 1.1Time can be divided into categories (e.g., months of the year, past, present and future).
- 1.10Rules exist in different settings. The principles of fairness should guide rules and the consequences for breaking rules.
- 1.11Wants are unlimited and resources are limited. Individuals make choices because they cannot have everything they want.
- 1.12People produce and consume goods and services in the community.
- 1.13People trade to obtain goods and services they want.
- 1.14Currency is used as a means of economic exchange.
- 1.2Photographs, letters, artifacts and books can be used to learn about the past.
- 1.3The ways basic human needs are met have changed over time.
- 1.4Maps can be used to locate and identify places.
- 1.5Places are distinctive because of their physical characteristics (land forms and bodies of water) and human characteristics (structures built by people).
- 1.6Families interact with the physical environment differently in different times and places.
- 1.7Diverse cultural practices address basic human needs in various ways and may change over time
- 1.8Individuals have responsibility to take action toward the achievement of common goals in homes, schools and communities and are accountable for those actions.
- 1.9Collaboration requires group members to respect the rights and opinions of others.
- K.1Time can be measured.
- K.10The purpose of rules and authority figures is to provide order, security and safety in the home, school and community.
- K.11Individuals have many wants and make decisions to satisfy those wants. These decisions impact others.
- K.12Goods are objects that can satisfy an individual’s wants. Services are actions that can satisfy individual’s wants.
- K.2Personal history can be shared through stories and pictures.
- K.3Heritage is reflected through diverse cultures and is shown through the arts, customs, traditions, family celebrations and language.
- K.4Symbols and practices of the United States include the flag, Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem. Other nations are represented by symbols and practices too.
- K.5Terms related to direction and distance, as well as symbols and landmarks, can be used to talk about the relative location of familiar places.
- K.6Models and maps represent real places.
- K.7Humans depend on and impact the physical environment in order to supply food, clothing and shelter.
- K.8Individuals are unique but share common characteristics of multiple groups.
- K.9Individuals share responsibilities and take action toward the achievement of common goals in homes, schools and communities.
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