Standard 1: Beginning Economics

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Number: SS.1.E.1
Title: Beginning Economics
Type: Standard
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: 1
Strand: Economics

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Access Points

SS.1.E.1.AP.1
Identify coins and bills as forms of money that can be used to buy things.
SS.1.E.1.AP.2
Recognize a situation that involves making a choice such as schoolwork or play.
SS.1.E.1.AP.3
Recognize examples of goods and services.
SS.1.E.1.AP.4
Recognize people who buy or sell goods.
SS.1.E.1.AP.5
Recognize ways to save money, such as putting it in a bank.
SS.1.E.1.AP.6
Recognize when there is not enough of something (scarce resource).

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