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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 13 of 15

Alabama at Work

Resources, farms and factories

What your child practices

Natural resources in Alabama (coal, cotton, fish, forests, marble), how farms grow food and factories make products like cars and paper, how goods reach stores, and how the land shapes jobs and fun.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 1.4; 1.5; 1.6 · natural resources, jobs shaped by the land, and how food and products are made and distributed

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Natural resources come from nature: forests, water.
  2. A producer makes or grows goods.
  3. A consumer buys and uses goods.

Example: A person who buys and uses goods is a… They don't make the goods. They buy and use them. Answer: consumer

Alabama at Work in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 13 of 15 in 1st grade Social Studies, after Leaders & Citizens and before Famous Alabamians.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which is a natural resource?

    • a forest
    • a toy car
    • a sweater
    • a phone

  2. Question 2

    A bank is a safe place to…

    • keep and save money
    • buy food
    • fix a car
    • see a doctor

  3. Question 3

    Beaches on Alabama's coast bring visitors. This is called…

    • fishing
    • farming
    • mining
    • tourism

  4. Question 4

    A grocery store sells…

    • houses
    • food
    • airplanes
    • cars

  5. Question 5

    Raw materials are…

    • finished toys
    • money
    • store receipts
    • things used to make products

  6. Question 6

    Which is a good made in Alabama?

    • a cloud
    • a car
    • a wave
    • sunlight

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