Second Grade Social Studies
Social studies
2.E.MI.1 - Describe how examples of capital, human, and natural resources are related to goods and services.
KFFM: Natural, Capital, or Human? (Google Slide)
Have students watch any of the Kentucky Farms Feed Me Virtual Field Trips and have them categorize different resources they see.
2.E.MI.2 - Describe how people are both producers and consumers.
Kentucky Farms Feed Me Virtual Field Trips - what products must farmers purchase to grow food or take care of their animals?
2.E.MA.2 - Explain the role of prices in an economic market.
2.E.ST.1 - Explain why people specialize in the production of goods and services.
Ask a farmer why he or she decided to grow certain plants, raise certain animals, or provide certain services.
2.E.IC.1 - Categorize different limited resources as renewable and non-renewable resources.
KFFM: Limited or Renewable? (Google Slide)
2.E.KE.1 - Provide examples of each of the factors of production in Kentucky. Factors of production are the resources people use to produce goods and services; they are the economy’s building blocks. Economists divide the factors of production into four categories: land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship.
How are each of the factors of production important to farmers?