Let’s Learn about Resources!Let’s Learn about Resources!
Second Grade Social Studies
SOL 2.7
The student will describe the difference between natural resources (water, soil, wood, coal), human resources (people
at work), and capital resources (machines, tools, and buildings).
There are 3 types of Resources:
• Natural Resources: Those resources that occur in nature. The items used to make the goods and services.
• Human Resources: The people; the physical and mental labor. The people who make the goods and services.
• Capital Resources: The machines, the tools, and the buildings used by people to create the goods and services.
Let’ Practice Identifying Resources:
• Let’s go visit some places where people make goods or services and find examples of the types of resources!
• Let’s Explore Together!
Let’s Review:
• There are 3 types of Resources.• Natural Resources: Those resources
that occur in nature.
• Human Resources: The people; the physical and mental labor.
• Capital Resources: The machines, tools, and buildings.
Our Project!!!!
Let’s create a brochure! Your brochure will tell about the three types of resources. Each type will be named, explained, and examples will be given. You may be as creative and informative as you can be! You may use the following:
*Clip Art from the computer/Software program
*Magazines
*Construction Paper, Crayons, glue, scissors
*Blank Paper to create your brochure
The rubric on the following slide will help guide you toward the A+ you all deserve! Set a goal and then accomplish it!
Beginning
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Developing
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Accomplished
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Exemplary
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Score
Project
Unable to
Complete
Minimal Effort
Able to Complete
Project; mostly well done
Great effort; very well done
Resource
List
Less than 3 items in each list
Only 2 items in each list
At least 3 items in each
list
4 or more items in each list
Creativity on brochure
design
Little or no Effort shown
Minimal Effort shown
Moderate effort made;
some creativity displayed
Very Good Effort; very
creative display
Final Project
No Organization
Unclear
I tems
Missing
Some Organization
Somewhat
clear
Organized
Clear
Organized
Clear
Unique
Presentation
No Organization
Thrown
Together
Some Organization; attempts to
explain project
Organized; can explain project
components for the most
part
Organized
Clearly explained
Enthusiastic
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