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Grade 3-5, K-2
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Read Aloud Ready 2: Economics in Children’s Literature

September 28 4:00-5:00pm ET
Time: 60 mins,
Updated: January 19 2023,
Presenter: Amanda Stiglbauer
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Objective

Teachers will be able to:

  • Classify kinds of productive resources.
  • Distinguish between barter and trade.

Standards

State Standards

Concepts

Goods and Services, Opportunity Cost, Productive Resources

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In this personal finance webinar, age appropriate and beloved titles are used to introduce basic economic concepts.

Description

In this webinar, teachers will learn how to model how to identify productive resources, barter, and trade using the popular children’s books “A New Coat for Anna” and “The Little Red Hen.” Teachers will also be given take away activities they can use immediately with students 

Resources

Subjects:
Personal Finance,Economics,History

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