My world and community
Map My Classroom
Draw a bird’s-eye map of your classroom with a key and a compass rose.
Thinking sheet · My world and community
Goods and Services
Goods are things you can hold. Services are jobs people do for you. Sort examples and find both in your town.
- Grades
- 1–4
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Kids practice
- economics, sorting, community
What kids do
“Can you hold it? It’s a good. Does someone do it for you? It’s a service.”
- Tick one for each
- A good I use every day
- A service that helps my family
- A pizza place sells goods AND services because…
How to run it
- Act it out: hand someone a pencil (good) vs sharpen it for them (service).
- Some businesses do both: a restaurant cooks and serves.
- Walk the neighborhood and spot examples.
Talk about it
- Which service could you offer?
- What goods are made near us?
- Can a service become a good?
Take it further
Plan a pretend shop that sells one good and one service.
Pairs well with
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