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Too
Many Chickens by Paulette Bourgeois
Little, Brown, and Company
32 pages
ISBN 0-316-10358-6
Summary:
A simple classroom animal project turns Mrs. Kerr's class into a
market full of goods. The students sell the goods and earn enough
money to buy a small farm where all their class pets can live.
Concept:
Goods and Services
Definition:
A good is an object people want that they can touch or hold.
A service is an action that a person does for someone else.
Comprehension
Questions:
Describe the people in the story who provide a service. (principal
- manages and leads the school; teacher - teaches lessons; custodian
- cleans building; farmer - raises livestock)
Identify the
"goods" sold by the students. (eggs from the chickens;
angora hats from the rabbits; milk from the goat)
What did the
students do with the money they earned by selling goods?
(purchased a small farm for the animals)
Other
Concepts: natural resources, human resources, capital resources,
producers, consumers
(From KidsEcon Posters©: www.kidseconposters.com)
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