Standards for Beatrice’s Goat
National Standards in Economics
Name: Income
Standard: 13
- Students will understand that: Income for most people is determined by the market value of the productive resources they sell. What workers earn primarily depends on the market value of what they produce.
- Students will be able to use this knowledge to: Predict future earnings based on their current plans for education, training, and career options.
Name: Institutions
Standard: 10
- Students will understand that: Institutions evolve and are created to help individuals and groups accomplish their goals. Banks, labor unions, markets, corporations, legal systems, and not-for-profit organizations are examples of important institutions. A different kind of institution, clearly defined and enforced property rights, is essential to a market economy.
- Students will be able to use this knowledge to: Describe the roles of various economic institutions and explain the importance of property rights in a market economy.
Name: Scarcity
Standard: 1
- Students will understand that: Productive resources are limited. Therefore, people cannot have all the goods and services they want; as a result, they must choose some things and give up others.
- Students will be able to use this knowledge to: Identify what they gain and what they give up when they make choices.
Common Core State Standards
Name: 1.NBT.C
Standard: Mathematics - Grade 1
Area: Mathematics - Grade 1
- Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.
Name: 2.OA.A
Standard: Mathematics - Grade 2
Area: Mathematics - Grade 2
- Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
Name: 2.OA.B
Standard: Mathematics - Grade 2
Area: Mathematics - Grade 2
- Add and subtract within 20.
Name: 3.NBT.A
Standard: Mathematics - Grade 3
Area: Mathematics - Grade 3
- Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
Name: CCRA.R.1
Standard: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading
Area: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading
- Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Name: CCRA.R.2
Standard: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading
Area: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading
- Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Name: CCRA.R.3
Standard: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading
Area: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading
- Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Name: CCRA.SL.1
Standard: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening
Area: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening
- Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Name: CCRA.SL.2
Standard: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening
Area: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening
- Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.