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Homegrown in Your State: Fruits and Vegetables

Students explore their state's specialty crops, discover how food gets from the farm to the table, and discuss the importance of eating fruits and vegetables every day.

Grades
K – 2
Estimated Time
45 minutes
Updated
September 13, 2024

Background

Lesson Activities

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Social Studies – Economics
    • Economics Standard 2 (Grades K-2): Decision Making
      • Objective (Grades K-2): Make effective decisions as consumers, producers, savers, investors, and citizens.
  • Social Studies – Geography
    • Geography Standard 11 (Grades K-2): The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface.
      • Objective 1: People engage in economic activities, such as producing goods and offering services, in order to earn a living.
      • Objective 2: Some locations are better suited than others to provide certain goods and services.
      • Objective 4: Networks of transportation and communications are used to move information, products, and people.
  • Social Studies – History
    • NCSS 7 (Grades K-2): Production, Distribution, and Consumption
      • Objective 8: The goods and services produced in the market and those produced by the government.