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Economics
- Standard Area - 6.5: Income, Profit, and Wealth
- Grade Level - 6.5.PK: GRADE PreKindergarten
- Standard Area - 6.5: Income, Profit, and Wealth
- Grade Level - 6.5.K: GRADE K
Identify individuals who volunteer in the community.
Identify goods and services provided by local businesses
- Standard Area - 6.5: Income, Profit, and Wealth
- Grade Level - 6.5.1: GRADE 1
Identify individuals who work for wages in the community.
Identify businesses and their corresponding goods and service.
Describe what tools (tangible assets) are necessary to complete a task.
Identify buyers and sellers (people) buy and sell things.
- Standard Area - 6.5: Income, Profit, and Wealth
- Grade Level - 6.5.2: GRADE 2
Explain how money earned by individuals is used to meet needs and wants.
Different how different job skills impact earnings.
Describe the qualities that may be necessary to complete a task.
Explain the responsibilities of a business owner.
Identify how saving for a purchase occurs over time.
Describe why people save money in the local bank.
- Standard Area - 6.5: Income, Profit, and Wealth
- Grade Level - 6.5.3:
GRADE 3
Identify the role of banks in our local community.
- Standard Area - 6.5: Income, Profit, and Wealth
- Grade Level - 6.5.4:
GRADE 4
Identify the requirements for different careers and occupations.
- Standard Area - 6.5: Income, Profit, and Wealth
- Grade Level - 6.5.5:
GRADE 5
Describe how the availability of goods and services is made possible by the work of members of the society.
Differentiate the requirements for different careers and occupations.
Explain how positive and negative incentives affect individual choices.
Define entrepreneurship and its role in the local community.
- Standard Area - 6.5: Income, Profit, and Wealth
- Grade Level - 6.5.6:
GRADE 6
Describe how the availability of goods and services is made possible by the work of members of the society.
Explain how profits and losses serve as incentives.
Describe how people accumulate tangible and intangible assets.
Explain the role of the entrepreneur in Pennsylvania.
Explain the differences between interest rates for saving and borrowing.
- Standard Area - 6.5: Income, Profit, and Wealth
- Grade Level - 6.5.7:
GRADE 7
Describe how people are compensated for their production of goods and services.
Describe the characteristics of productive workers.
Describe how people accumulate tangible and financial assets through income, saving, and financial investment.
Identify the costs and benefits of various financial tools available to savers.
Identify the effect of higher and lower interest rates.
- Standard Area - 6.5: Income, Profit, and Wealth
- Grade Level - 6.5.8:
GRADE 8
Examine the compensation of workers who produce different goods and provide different services.
Compare the characteristics of productive workers with less productive workers.
Compare the risks and rewards of specific business actions.
Identify wealth within and among political divisions in Pennsylvania.
Explain the role of entrepreneurship across the nation.
Identify the costs and benefits of various financial tools available to savers.
Identify the effect of higher and lower interest rates.
- Standard Area - 6.5: Income, Profit, and Wealth
- Grade Level - 6.5.9:
GRADE 9
Define wages and explain how wages are determined in terms of supply and demand.
Describe how productivity is measured and identify ways in which a person can improve his or her productivity.
Identify and explain the characteristics of sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporation.
Analyze how risks influence business decision-making.
Define wealth and describe its distribution within and among the political divisions of the United States.
Examine leading entrepreneurs in Pennsylvania and the United States in terms of the risks they took and the rewards they received.
Compare and contrast the various financial tools available to savers.
Explain the impact of higher or lower interest rates for savers, borrowers, consumers, and producers.
- Standard Area - 6.5: Income, Profit, and Wealth
- Grade Level - 6.5.12:
GRADE 12
Evaluate how changes in education, incentives, technology, and capital investment alter productivity.
Analyze the costs and benefits of organizing a business as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation.
Analyze the role of profits and losses in the allocation of resources in a market economy.
Assess the impact of entrepreneurs on the economy.
Analyze the risks and returns of various investments.
Evaluate benefits and costs of changes in interest rates for individuals and society.
- Standard Area - 6.5: Income, Profit, and Wealth
- Course - 6.5.C:
CIVICS & GOVERNMENT
- Course - 6.5.U:
US HISTORY 1850-PRESENT
Compare the role groups and individuals played in the social, political, cultural, and economic development of the U.S. (Reference History Standards 8.3.9.A.)
Define wealth and describe its distribution within and among the political divisions of the United States.
Examine leading entrepreneurs in the United States in terms of the risks they took and the rewards they received.