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Something
Special for Me by Vera B. Williams
Greenwillow Books
32 pages
ISBN 0-688-01806-8
Summary:
Rosa's mother and grandmother decide to let her shop for her own
birthday present from the jar of money they had saved. Rosa had
trouble deciding what to buy until she heard some accordion music.
Concept:
Consumers
Definition:
Consumers are people who buy goods and services.
Comprehension
Questions:
Explain how
Rosa became a consumer. (Her mom and grandma gave her the money
saved in the jar to buy her own birthday present.)
Describe Rosa's
experience as a consumer. (She went to the skate store, department
store, and outdoors store, but she didn't purchase anything. She
and her mother bought a treat at the Blue Tile Diner. Finally, she
bought herself a present at the music store.)
Explain why
Rosa got that "funny feeling" and didn't buy the things
at the first three stores. (Although she really liked the items,
she didn't feel they were good enough for her to spend all the money
from the jar. She had a limited amount of money and couldn't buy
everything, so she wanted to wait for the perfect thing.)
Explain how
she finally satisfied her economic want? (She bought an accordion
to play beautiful music like the one the man played the day she
shopped with her mother.)
Did Rosa purchase
a good or service? (good)
Other
Concepts: Savings, Economic
Wants, Scarcity,
Opportunity Cost
(From KidsEcon Posters©: www.kidseconposters.com)
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