How Do We Get The Things We Want?
Learn more about goods and services, barter and trade, currency, and money.
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Lessons & Activities
31-45 min
The Little Red Hen Makes A Pizza
OVERVIEW
This lesson uses the book The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza to illustrate the roles consumers and producers play. Students produce bookmarks and consume them by marking a page in a book they are reading.
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Consumers and Producers
Understand that people are both producers and consumers.
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Saturday Sancocho
Learn about money's advantages over barter.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
Mr. Cookie Baker
Read a story and identify economic resources.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
The Berenstain Bears: Mad Mad Mad Toy Craze
Define buyers, goods, price, and sellers; identify prices and sellers for common goods.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
Peanut Butter and Cupcake
Learn about complements and substitutes through a story.
