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LESSON: CRISPIN The Pig Who Had It
All
Lesson Summary
Crispin is
the pig who has it all. He seems to have many wants. This year, Santa has
left Crispin a mysterious box that promises to be the "very best thing in
the whole wide world."
Concept: Economic Wants
Definition: Economic wants are desires that
can be satisfied by consuming a good, service, or leisure
activity.
Comprehension Questions
List
all the different toys that Crispin received as Christmas presents to
help satisfy his economic wants.
Zybox Teddy-Bot, SpeedPony
ShockJockey, Giga-PigStation.
Explain
why Crispin got bored with his toys.
He had too many to play
with, and he didn't take care of them.
Describe how Crispin felt when he woke up
one Christmas morning and saw the enormous box?
Answers may
vary : happy, excited.
Why did he feel that way?
A
note on the box stated that in the box, Crispin would find the only thing
he did not have.
What
problem did Crispin have when he opened the box?
There was nothing
in the box.
List
the ways Crispin solved his "problems"?
He and his friends used
the box to play - Space Base, Store, Pirates, Castle.
When
Crispin's father gave him money, did he take it and spend it immediately
on more economic wants?
No, he didn't want to go out and buy
anything because his friends were coming over to play in the
box.
Why was
Crispin upset about his mother getting rid of all the junk?
It
wasn't junk to him. The items satisfied his economic wants.
How was
Crispin's problem solved at the end of the story?
His wants were
satisfied when he saw all his friends in the new box the deliveryman
had left behind.
Other Concepts: Good and
Services, Scarcity | 
