The Little Red Hen
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM389&page=teacher
A lesson plan for grades 2–5 Social Studies
“The Little Red Hen” is a classic story for nearly all adults, and many children. In this lesson from EconEdLink, it is retold and enhanced in order to provide a framework for illustrating and reviewing the concepts of productive resources and incentives. After reading the story, students will categorize resources into land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship and be able to identify what future incentives the dog, the cat, and the mouse will have to help the little hen in her work. Students will also have the opportunity to explore bread making.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Social Studies (2003)
Grade 2
- Goal 6: The learner will analyze how people depend on the physical environment and use natural resources to meet basic needs.
- Objective 6.01: Identify natural resources and cite ways people conserve and replenish natural resources.
- Goal 7: The learner will apply basic economic concepts and evaluate the use of economic resources within communities.
- Objective 7.01: Distinguish between producers and consumers and identify ways people are both producers and consumers.
Grade 3
- Goal 5: The learner will apply basic economic principles to the study of communities.
- Objective 5.05: Distinguish and analyze the economic resources within communities.
Grade 4
- Goal 6: The learner will evaluate how North Carolinians apply basic economic principles within the community, state, and nation.
- Objective 6.03: Categorize the state's resources as natural, human, or capital.
Grade 5
- Goal 5: The learner will evaluate ways the United States and other countries of North America make decisions about the allocation and use of economic resources.
- Objective 5.01: Categorize economic resources found in the United States and neighboring countries as human, natural, or capital and assess their long-term availability.
