{"id":1857,"date":"2009-10-24T20:53:10","date_gmt":"2009-10-25T01:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1857"},"modified":"2009-10-24T20:53:10","modified_gmt":"2009-10-25T01:53:10","slug":"teaching-economics-with-childrens-literature-a-new-coat-for-anna-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/10\/24\/teaching-economics-with-childrens-literature-a-new-coat-for-anna-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Economics with Children’s Literature: A New Coat for Anna"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A New Coat for Anna<\/a> written by Harriet Ziefert<\/a> and illustrated by Anita Lobel<\/a> is a book that describes the story of a young girl who needs a new coat. This story is during hard economic times for her mother so her mother has to figure out a way of purchasing a new coat for Anna. Her mother decides to barter with different individuals who will help her make a coat for Anna. Anna is successful in getting a new coat for winter. The illustrations in this book are very colorful, which makes the book appealing.
\n“Then he gave Anna’s mother a big bag of wool and Anna’s mother gave him the gold watch.”
\nCurriculum Connection
\n<\/strong>This book would be very helpful for teaching students the idea of using bartering instead of using money in the exchange of goods and services. (2.8) This story would be a very good station for students to read silently to themselves and learn more about the use of bartering. Additionally, this story would be a good introduction to the idea of bartering.
\nAdditional Resources
\n<\/strong>How Stuff Works<\/a>\u00a0is a great resource for teachers. This website provides a good lesson plan for teachers to use when introducing the idea of bartering to students. This website also has a good video about bartering.<\/p>\n