Content Standard 1: Scarcity

Grade 4 Benchmark

10. Human capital refers to the quality of labor resources, which can be improved through investments in education, training, and health.

Content Standard 15: Economic Growth

Grade 4 Benchmark

1. When workers learn and practice new skills, they improve their productivity by improving their human capital.

Grade 8 Benchmark

4. Increases in productivity can result from advances in technology or increases in physical or human capital.

Content Standard 1: Earning Income

Grade 8 Benchmarks

2. People make many decisions over a lifetime about their education, jobs, and careers that affect their incomes and job opportunities.

3. Getting more education and learning new job skills can increase a person's human capital and productivity.

Grades K-5 English, Language Arts, & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects

Key Ideas and Details

(RL.3.1), (RI.3.1), RL.4.1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Craft and Structure

(RL.3.4), RL.4.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology.

(RI.2.4), RI.3.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.

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