{"id":1892,"date":"2009-10-26T12:59:37","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T17:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1892"},"modified":"2009-10-26T12:59:37","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T17:59:37","slug":"teaching-economics-with-childrens-literature-the-goat-in-the-rug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/10\/26\/teaching-economics-with-childrens-literature-the-goat-in-the-rug\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Economics With Children’s Literature: The Goat In The Rug"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After Geraldine, the goat, gets shorn, she is curious what her friend will do with her wool.\u00a0 Read The Goat in the Rug<\/a> as told by Charles L. Blood and Martin Link for the goat, Geraldine.<\/p>\n

Geraldine narrates as her weaving friend, Glenmae, uses the goat’s mohair to create a rug.\u00a0 Follow the story and illustrations as the goat watches and sometimes “helps” Glenmae prepares the wool, collects berries for dye, and creates a rug.\u00a0 Learn about this Navajo tradition, how weavers work and use (or buy) resources to create their rugs.<\/p>\n

“My name is Geraldine and I live near a place called Window Rock with my Navajo friend, Glenmae.”<\/p>\n

“I didn’t know what “dye” meant, but it sounded like a picnic to me.\u00a0 I do love to eat plants.\u00a0 That’s what got me into trouble.”<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong>
\nUse this book to discuss Navajo culture, natural resources and how people work.\u00a0 Themes in this book correlate with Virginia SOLs K.6, 1.7, 2.2, 2.7,\u00a0 and 2.8.<\/p>\n

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