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LESSON: THE THREE LITTLE WOLVES AND THE
BIG BAD PIG
Lesson Summary
The three
little wolves build several houses out of different materials, but
the big bad pig uses different tools to destroy each one. Finally,
the house they build out of flowers appeals to the pig, and they all live
happily ever after.
Concept: Capital Resources
Definition: Capital resources are goods
produced and used to make other goods or services.
Comprehension Questions:
Identify the capital resources used to
build each house.
Answers may vary:
brick house - bricks,
wheelbarrow, shovel, pail;
concrete house - concrete mixer,
buckets, ladder, pulley, shovels; armored house - barbed wire, iron
bars, armor plates, metal padlocks, plexiglas, reinforced steel chains;
flower house - flowers, wheelbarrow, ladder.
Explain
how the tools and machinery improved the productivity.
The
tools and machinery enabled the wolves to build stronger houses faster.
Identify other productive resources
used to build each house.
Human resources for all of the houses-
really "wolf" resources;
Natural resources - flowers for the house
built of flowers.
What
capital resources did the pig use to destroy each house?
Brick
house - sledgehammer;
Concrete house - pneumatic drill;
Armored
house - dynamite
Other Concepts: Natural
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