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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
(From KidsEcon Posters©: www.kidseconposters.com)
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