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Slide2: Title: Services and Goods
By C Bohannon-Brown
PEN #2932
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Slide4: When people perform jobs for others, the jobs are called “services”.
Slide5: When people buy things, those things are called “goods”.
Slide6: Let’s take a look at examples of services and goods.
Slide7: When farmers grow and harvest food, they are providing services. When people buy the food, they are purchasing goods.
Slide8: When grocery cashiers and baggers handle money and food for shoppers, they are providing services. When people buy their groceries, they are purchasing goods.
Slide9: When bakers make cakes and breads, they are providing services. When people buy the cakes and breads, they are purchasing goods.
Slide10: When parents make their children’s lunches, they are providing services. When the children eat their lunches, they are eating goods.
Slide11: When restaurant servers bring food to the table, they are providing services. The food that people order from menus are goods. food server
Slide12: When sheep farmers sheer the wool off of sheep, they are providing services. When people buy the wool to make clothing, they are purchasing goods.
Slide13: When sales people help shoppers to buy clothes, they are providing services. The clothes that people purchase are goods.
Slide14: When gas station attendants pump gasoline for customers, they are providing services. The gallons of gasoline that people purchase are called goods.
Slide15: Fire fighters put out deadly fires. Would their jobs be examples of services or goods? Fire fighters provide services to people in their community.
Slide16: People buy many colas from drink machines. Would these purchases be examples of services or goods? Purchasing colas would be examples of buying goods.
Slide17: School store assistants sell pencils, pens, and markers to students.
What would be the service and what would be the goods?
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The school store assistants’ help would be services. The pencils, pens, and markers would be the goods.
Slide18: Everyday, people use services and buy goods. See if you can identify some services and goods, the next time you go shopping.
Slide19: Online Resources
Thank you to the following resources:
Social Studies for Kids
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/economics/goodsandservices1.htm
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