{"id":302,"date":"2008-10-10T19:29:20","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T00:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/302"},"modified":"2008-10-10T19:29:20","modified_gmt":"2008-10-11T00:29:20","slug":"teaching-economics-with-childrens-literature-rock-brock-and-savings-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2008\/10\/10\/teaching-economics-with-childrens-literature-rock-brock-and-savings-shock\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Economics with Children’s Literature: Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Are you interested in seeing the results that occur when a person does not save as opposed to someone that does?\u00a0 In Rock, Brock, and the Saving Shocks<\/a>, written by Sheila Bair and illustrated by Barry Gott, the reader is introduced to twin brothers that have two distinct saving habits.\u00a0 Learn what happens when one saves and the other does not.<\/p>\n

Illustrated by Barry Gott, this book attracts young readers because of its animation like characters.\u00a0 Gott does a great job at showing kid friend pictures that not only seem realistic but entertaining. Sheila Bair<\/a>, who is also a member of the FCIC, has extensive knowledge about saving money.\u00a0 Furthermore, Bair is able to relate all the information that she has learned about money to the younger readers.<\/p>\n

The story of Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock<\/em> begins with the two twins that are complete opposites. Rock is the cleaner, healthier,\u00a0 early bird, and studious while Brock is not.\u00a0 Rock was almost a perfect guy but he loved to buy while Brock like to save his money.\u00a0 One summer their gramps gave them a dollar and proposed a savings plan.<\/p>\n

For ten straight weeks each Saturday,
\nI’ll give you each one dollar’s pay
\nto mow my lawn and wash my car.
\nThese simple chores will get you far
\nbecause I’ll\u00a0 do a little trick:
\neach buck you save, I’ll match it quick!
\nSpend it- there’s no extra dough,
\nso save you can and watch it grow!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So Brock saved his dollar while Rock went straight to the mall and spent it.\u00a0 Rock kept spending his dollar while Brock was receiving double from gramps.\u00a0 At the end of the ten weeks Brock had saved 512 dollars and Rock had none.\u00a0 Brock than bought nice things like a telescope, robe, shirt, and a book.\u00a0 With the 50 left over Brock opened a joint savings account his brother and him.<\/p>\n

From that day on the twins saved their money, and when their hair had turned gray they had become millionaires!<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong>
\nRock, Brock , and the Savings Shock\u00a0<\/em> would serve as a great closer to a lesson about savings.This is a great tool for teacher to use when they want students to recognize that people save money for the future to purchase goods and services this correlates to sol 1.9 Virginia.<\/p>\n

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