Grade 1 - Social Studies
6 printable versions - On Level - About 8 minutes each
Grade 1 - Social Studies - On Level
Worksheet 1Is a book a good or a service?
Who might provide the loaf of bread?
What does a customer receive from bus ride?
Which word best classifies coat?
Is a medical checkup a good or a service?
Who might provide the toy?
What does a customer receive from mail delivery?
Which word best classifies vegetables?
Is a home repair a good or a service?
Who might provide the home repair?
Goods are physical products people make, grow, or sell, while services are useful actions people perform for others. First graders may call every paid job a service or every store visit a good, even though a bakery can sell bread and also provide work that prepares it. This worksheet uses concrete community examples: books, food, clothing, haircuts, teaching, deliveries, repairs, and health care. Children classify an example, match it with a worker, identify what a customer receives, and distinguish a product from the work surrounding it. Support items contrast clear objects with clear actions. Harder questions place both in one scenario and ask which part is the good or service. Watch for the grammar of the answer: if it can be held or taken home, it is usually a good; if someone does useful work, it is a service.
A loaf of bread is a good because it is a product. Baking the loaf for a customer is a service because it is work performed.
Naming the workplace instead of deciding whether the customer receives an object or useful work.
Can it be held as a product, or is someone doing useful work?