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2nd grade · Social Studies · Unit 12 of 12

Making & Trading

Producers, consumers and where things come from

What your child practices

Producing and consuming, how people are both producers and consumers, and how a natural resource becomes a finished product, with Texas cotton, cattle, oil and pecans.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 2.7(A); 2.7(B); 2.7(C) · producers and consumers, and tracing a product from a natural resource to a finished good

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Producers make goods. Consumers buy them.
  2. Local goods are made nearby. Imports come from other countries.
  3. When many people want a few things, those things are scarce.

Example: A good made in another country is called an… It comes into our country. Goods coming in are imports. Answer: import

Making & Trading in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 12 of 12 in 2nd grade Social Studies, after Reading Maps.

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: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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

    Cotton from a Texas farm is made into…

    • bricks
    • pecan pie
    • gasoline
    • T-shirts

  2. Question 2

    There is one swing and four kids. What is scarce?

    • the grass
    • the swing
    • the kids

  3. Question 3

    A town near a big river may have…

    • deserts
    • boats and a port
    • camel rides

  4. Question 4

    A family decides to buy a bike instead of a trip. The benefit is…

    • nothing
    • a trip
    • a bike to ride every day

  5. Question 5

    Oil pumped from the ground in Texas is made into…

    • wool
    • gasoline
    • bread
    • wood

  6. Question 6

    A wheat farmer and a baker work together to make…

    • bread
    • boats
    • cars

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