{"id":1882,"date":"2009-10-26T21:57:27","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T02:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1882"},"modified":"2009-10-26T21:57:27","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T02:57:27","slug":"teaching-economics-with-childrens-literature-goods-and-services-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/10\/26\/teaching-economics-with-childrens-literature-goods-and-services-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Economics with Children’s Literature: Goods and Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The basics of economics–goods, services, producers, and consumers–are presented in Goods and Services<\/em> <\/a>by Janeen R. Adil.\u00a0\u00a0The simple text provides kid-friendly examples of goods and services:\u00a0 an eye doctor provides a service when she checks a child’s vision; she provides goods when she sells glasses.\u00a0\u00a0 The straightforward photographs show children and adults as producers and consumers in everyday situations:\u00a0 Joe sells his old toys at a yard sale, then he takes the money he makes to buy school supplies he needs and a book he wants.\u00a0 The book ends with a glossary of terms.<\/p>\n

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Goods and Services<\/em>\u00a0will provide first-graders with a good introduction to the basic vocabulary of economics:\u00a0 goods, services, producers, and consumers (VA History and\u00a0Social Studies SOL 1.7).\u00a0 Second- and third-graders can read this book for review before a unit on economics.<\/p>\n

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