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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 10

Goods and Services

How communities share what they make

What your child practices

Introduces goods (things) and services (work people do), and how communities depend on each other to exchange them.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 1.2.11.1; 1.2.12.1 · how a community shares goods and services, and goods that come from other countries

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A good is a thing you can hold, like boots or an apple.
  2. A service is a job someone does for you.
  3. Some workers make goods. Some give services.

Example: A bus driver gives people a ride. Is this a good or a service? You can't hold a ride. The driver does a job for you. Answer: service

Goods and Services in Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 9 of 10 in 1st grade Social Studies, after Needs and Wants and before Earning, Saving & Sharing.

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: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

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

    Apples are…

    • services
    • songs
    • jobs
    • goods

  2. Question 2

    Lobster is caught near our island. Where might it be sent?

    • to the sun
    • to other places to sell
    • nowhere at all
    • to the moon

  3. Question 3

    A dentist gives a…

    • toy
    • shoe
    • good
    • service

  4. Question 4

    How do goods travel to a store?

    • by shadows
    • by truck, train, boat or plane
    • by dreams
    • by sneezes

  5. Question 5

    Which is a good?

    • a haircut
    • a bus ride
    • a doctor’s visit
    • a pair of boots

  6. Question 6

    A town has a baker but no dentist. What can it do?

    • forget about teeth
    • wait for one to appear
    • close the bakery
    • ask a dentist from another town to help

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