Choices and Costs
Grade 1 - Social Studies - On Level

NameDate
What choice is being made: choose one library book?
- choose one library book
- change the weather
- do everything at once
- make no decision
What benefit comes from choosing to use blocks for a bridge?
- every option stays available
- no resource is used
- a taller tower
- build a stronger bridge
What is given up when someone chooses to spend 5 tickets on a pencil?
- a sticker
- nothing is ever given up
- all choices happen
- get a pencil
Which resource is limited in this choice: spend 5 tickets on a pencil?
- unlimited wishes
- the alphabet
- north
- tickets
Which sentence explains the cost of the choice?
- Choosing to spend 5 tickets on a pencil gives every option.
- Choosing to spend 5 tickets on a pencil means giving up a sticker.
- Choosing to spend 5 tickets on a pencil costs no tickets.
- A choice has no trade-off.
What choice is being made: buy a banana with snack money?
- change the weather
- buy a banana with snack money
- make no decision
- do everything at once
What benefit comes from choosing to use recess time to water plants?
- extra swing time
- every option stays available
- no resource is used
- help the garden
What is given up when someone chooses to use recess time to water plants?
- extra swing time
- all choices happen
- nothing is ever given up
- help the garden
Which resource is limited in this choice: use blocks for a bridge?
- blocks
- the alphabet
- unlimited wishes
- north
Which sentence explains the cost of the choice?
- Choosing to use recess time to water plants costs no time.
- A choice has no trade-off.
- Choosing to use recess time to water plants gives every option.
- Choosing to use recess time to water plants means giving up extra swing time.