Kindergarten
Asking Questions to Guide Social Studies Inquiry (Grades K-2)
Kindergarten · Track 1 of 211 · 6 lessons
6 lessons
Create inquiry questions about people, places, history, and community topics with guidance from peers and adults.
Scarcity, Choices, and Trade-offs
Kindergarten · Track 2 of 211 · 7 lessons
7 lessons
Explain how scarcity forces people to make choices, identify opportunity costs, and evaluate how decisions impact individuals and communities.
Work, Skills, and Earning Income
Kindergarten · Track 3 of 211 · 6 lessons
6 lessons
Describe how people acquire specialized knowledge and skills to produce goods and provide services in exchange for wages or salaries.
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Money, Exchange, and Marketplaces
Kindergarten · Track 4 of 211 · 5 lessons
5 lessons
Explain why money replaced direct barter, how currency facilitates trade, and how buyers and sellers interact in markets.
Productive Resources and Community Production
Kindergarten · Track 5 of 211 · 6 lessons
6 lessons
Analyze how natural, human, and capital resources combine to produce goods, and compare local production with goods from other regions.
Business, Profits, and Economic Incentives
Kindergarten · Track 6 of 211 · 5 lessons
5 lessons
Explain how revenues, costs, and profits guide producer decisions, and discover how positive and negative incentives motivate buyers and sellers.
Specialization and Global Trade
Kindergarten · Track 7 of 211 · 5 lessons
5 lessons
Analyze why individuals, regions, and nations specialize in producing certain goods and services and trade to satisfy wants.
Personal Financial Literacy: Spending and Saving
Kindergarten · Track 8 of 211 · 6 lessons
6 lessons
Analyze personal financial choices, budgeting income among spending, saving, and taxes, and evaluate influences like advertising and peer pressure.
Credit, Borrowing, and Interest
Kindergarten · Track 9 of 211 · 5 lessons
5 lessons
Explain the mechanics of borrowing, borrower obligations to repay over time, and the role of interest as the cost of credit.
Government Services and Public Finance
Kindergarten · Track 10 of 211 · 5 lessons
5 lessons
Identify public goods and services provided by local, state, and federal governments and analyze how tax revenues pay for them.