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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 13

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.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: 1.10a; 1.10b · goods and services, and producers and consumers

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 New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 9 of 13 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: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

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

    Who brings goods from a farm to a store?

    • a barber
    • a dentist
    • a truck driver
    • a lifeguard

  2. Question 2

    A service is work someone does to…

    • hide from you
    • be a toy
    • help other people
    • grow a tree

  3. Question 3

    A teacher helps you learn. That is a…

    • service
    • toy
    • snack
    • good

  4. Question 4

    A good is a thing you can…

    • only hear
    • only wish for
    • touch and keep
    • only dream about

  5. Question 5

    A bus driver gives people a ride. This is a…

    • boot
    • service
    • good
    • loaf

  6. Question 6

    A fisher catches fish. A trucker brings them to town. Who does the service?

    • the boat
    • the fish
    • the net
    • the trucker

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