{"id":1846,"date":"2009-10-24T14:33:49","date_gmt":"2009-10-24T19:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1846"},"modified":"2009-10-24T14:33:49","modified_gmt":"2009-10-24T19:33:49","slug":"teaching-economics-with-childrens-literature-you-cant-buy-a-dinosaur-with-a-dime-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/10\/24\/teaching-economics-with-childrens-literature-you-cant-buy-a-dinosaur-with-a-dime-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Economics with Children&#8217;s Literature: You Can&#8217;t Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/10\/51n4w1wg5dl__bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa240_sh20_ou01_.jpg\" title=\"51n4w1wg5dl__bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa240_sh20_ou01_.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/10\/51n4w1wg5dl__bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa240_sh20_ou01_.jpg\" title=\"51n4w1wg5dl__bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa240_sh20_ou01_.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/10\/51n4w1wg5dl__bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa240_sh20_ou01_.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"51n4w1wg5dl__bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa240_sh20_ou01_.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/reader\/1929766815?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ref_=sib%5Fdp%5Fpt#noop\" title=\"You Can't Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime\">You Can&#8217;t Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime <\/a>is a children&#8217;s story by Harriet Ziefert which involves a little boy named\u00a0Pete who\u00a0learns to save money in order to buy a small dinosaur from Harry&#8217;s Store.\u00a0\u00a0Pete learns that it takes time and effort to earn the money he wants to spend.\u00a0 The book illustrates Pete laying all of his coins\u00a0face- down on the table in order for him to properly count the number of change he has in his bank.\u00a0 By the end of the story Pete realizes that the less he spends, the more he can save for a future shopping trip.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8220;Pete&#8217;s bank is almost empty now.\u00a0 He puts it on a shelf.\u00a0 He has a brand- new dinosaur and thirty cents total wealth.&#8221; (pg. 6)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8221; &#8216;You&#8217;ll get two dollars,; &#8221; says Dad, &#8216;if you clean the yard.\u00a0 Then you can start to save again.\u00a0 The work is not too hard.&#8217; &#8221; (pg. 9)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8220;Pete makes a tough decision.\u00a0 Dad&#8217;s waiting at the door.\u00a0 He chooses Stegasaurus- and won&#8217;t spend any more.&#8221; (pg. 20)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Curriculum Connections<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>You Can&#8217;t Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime<\/em> would be extremely useful to read to students as an introduction to a unit on spending and saving.\u00a0 It reviews the idea of buying an item in a store, as well as saving money over a period of time in order to have a greater amount to spend later on.\u00a0 These ideas connect with the Virginia SOLs K.7, 1.8, and 1.9\u00a0in Economics which explain that people have to work to earn money, have to make choices because they cannot have everything they want, and that people save money for the future to purchase goods and services.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philadelphiafed.org\/education\/teachers\/lesson-plans\/MoneyMoneyHoneyBunny.pdf\" title=\"lesson plan\">lesson plan\u00a0<\/a>looks at the story\u00a0Money, Money, Honey Bunny and has the students focus on what good and services are being exchanged.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philadelphiafed.org\/education\/teachers\/lesson-plans\/pickle-patch-bathtub.pdf\" title=\"lesson\">lesson<\/a> teaches students the idea of opportunity cost and what has to be given up in order to buy something else.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcrel.org\/compendium\/activityDetail.asp?activityID=67\" title=\"imaginary trading post\">imaginary trading post <\/a>is produced in this lesson plan where students have a certain amount of goods and services they can exchange between each other.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>General Information<\/strong><strong><br \/>\nBook<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/reader\/1929766815?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ref_=sib%5Fdp%5Fpt#noop\" title=\"You Can't Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime\">You Can&#8217;t Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Author<\/strong>: Harriet Ziefert<br \/>\n<strong>Illustrator<\/strong>: Amanda Haley<br \/>\n<strong>Publisher<\/strong>: Blue Apple Books<br \/>\n<strong>Publication<\/strong> Date: may 2003<br \/>\n<strong>Pages<\/strong>: 32<br \/>\n<strong>Grade Range<\/strong>: K- 2<br \/>\n<strong>ISBN<\/strong>: 978- 1929766819<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You Can&#8217;t Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime is a children&#8217;s story by Harriet Ziefert which involves a little boy named\u00a0Pete who\u00a0learns to save money in order to buy a small dinosaur from Harry&#8217;s Store.\u00a0\u00a0Pete learns that it takes time &hellip; 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