{"id":1877,"date":"2009-10-25T21:39:16","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T02:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1877"},"modified":"2009-10-25T21:39:16","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T02:39:16","slug":"teaching-economics-with-childrens-literature-what-is-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/10\/25\/teaching-economics-with-childrens-literature-what-is-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Economics with Children&#8217;s Literature: What is Money?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/10\/what-is-money.jpg\" title=\"what-is-money.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/10\/what-is-money.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"what-is-money.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=what+is+money+by+mary+firestone\">&#8220;What is Money?&#8221; <\/a>by Mary Firestone introduces students to\u00a0basic economic principles. It begins by demonstrating trading or bartering. &#8220;Jim wants Lucy&#8217;s candy bar. He has an apple to trade. Lucy does not want the apple. She wants an orange.&#8221; It then talks about\u00a0how that problem could be solved. It also talks about today&#8217;s money\u00a0and\u00a0how different countries have different names for their currency. It illustrates the differences between paper bills and metal coins and shows how each are made. Lastly it talks about how people use their money. &#8220;Lucy likes to read. She spends her money on books. Lucy&#8217;s brother likes music. He spends money on CDs. They both think their mom is important. They buy her flowers on her birthday.&#8221; This book is easy to follow and also includes &#8220;fun facts,&#8221; a glossary, and a\u00a0making change activity.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><u>Curriculum Connections<\/u><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">This book could be used for VA History and Social Science SOL 1.8 and 1.9. It illustrates that people make choices because they cannot have everything they want. Also, people save money for the future to purchase goods and services. This book could be used as part of an anticipatory set to get the students ready to learn about economics.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><u>Additional Resources<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsbank.com\/index_3.asp\">KidsBank<\/a> is a neat website that gives money and other banking terms a personalty. They give\u00a0students a tour and tell all about themselves.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneyinstructor.com\/elementary.asp\">Money Instructor <\/a>has a ton of lesson plans on elementary economics!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Here&#8217;s a lesson plan that let&#8217;s students <a href=\"http:\/\/primary-school-lesson-plans.suite101.com\/article.cfm\/teaching_economics_with_the_trading_game\">role-play <\/a>in a fictional marketplace.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">And yet more lesson plans on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.proteacher.com\/090041.shtml\">ProTeacher<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><u>General Information<br \/>\n<\/u>Book: What is Money?<br \/>\nAuthor: Mary Firestone<br \/>\nPublisher: Capstone Press<br \/>\nPublication Date: 2005<br \/>\nPages: 24<br \/>\nGrade Range: 1-3<br \/>\nISBN: 0736826424<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What is Money?&#8221; by Mary Firestone introduces students to\u00a0basic economic principles. It begins by demonstrating trading or bartering. &#8220;Jim wants Lucy&#8217;s candy bar. He has an apple to trade. Lucy does not want the apple. She wants an orange.&#8221; It &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/10\/25\/teaching-economics-with-childrens-literature-what-is-money\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4424,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-social-studies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4424"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}