Performance Indicator - SS.C.4.1A:
Students analyze the effectiveness of varying ways societies, nations, and regions of the world attempt to satisfy their basic needs and wants by utilizing scarce resources.

Performance Indicator - SS.C.4.1B:
Students define and apply basic economic concepts such as scarcity, supply/demand, opportunity costs, production, resources, money and banking, economic growth, markets, costs, competition, and world economic systems.

Performance Indicator - SS.C.4.1C:
Students understand the nature of scarcity and how nations of the world make choices which involve economic and social costs and benefits.

Performance Indicator - SS.C.4.1D:
Students describe the ideas, principles, structure, practices, accomplishments, and problems related to the United States economic system.

Performance Indicator - SS.C.4.1E:
Students compare and contrast the United States economic system with other national economic systems, focusing on the three fundamental economic questions.

Performance Indicator - SS.C.4.1F:
Students explain how economic decision making has become global as a result of an interdependent world economy.

Performance Indicator - SS.C.4.1G:
Students understand the roles in the economic system of consumers, producers, workers, investors, and voters.

Performance Indicator - SS.C.4.2A:
Students identify, locate, and evaluate economic information from standard reference works, newspapers, periodicals, computer databases, monographs, textbooks, government publications, and other primary and secondary sources.

Performance Indicator - SS.C.4.2B:
Students use economic information by identifying similarities and differences in trends; inferring relationships between various elements of an economy; organizing and arranging information in charts, tables, and graphs; extrapolating and making conclusions about economic questions, issues, and problems.

Performance Indicator - SS.C.4.2C:
Students apply a problem-solving model to identify economic problems or issues, generate hypotheses, test hypotheses, investigate and analyze selected data, consider alternative solutions or positions, and make decisions about the best solution or position.

Performance Indicator - SS.C.4.2D:
Students present economic information and conclusions in different formats, including graphic representations, computer models, research reports, and oral presentations.