The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Scholastic Books
22 pages
ISBN 0-688-092-349

Summary:
Victoria and Sam are forced to share or distribute a limited number of cookies. Each time the doorbell rings, more friends arrive and the children face a cookie scarcity problem.


Concept: Scarcity

Definition: Scarcity is the condition of not being able to have all of the goods and services that you want.

Comprehension Questions:

Explain why Sam and Victoria do not have an economic problem in the beginning of the story? (They had enough cookies to share to satisfy their economic wants.)

Identify the economic problem that grew each time the doorbell rang. (There were fewer and fewer cookies for each child. A scarcity situation began to develop.)

Describe how their problem was solved when grandma arrived. (She brought more cookies and solved the scarcity problem.)

Other Concepts: Economic Wants, Goods

 




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