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The Little Red Hen

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A lesson plan for grades K–5 Guidance and Social Studies

Provider: National Council on Economic Education


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“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

Guidance (2001)

Grade K–5

  • Goal 1: Acquire the attitudes, knowledge, and skills that contribute to effective learning in school and across the life span.
    • Objective 1.06: Demonstrate the ability to work independently, as well as the ability to work cooperatively with other students.
  • Goal 4: Acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.
    • Objective 4.02: Develop an awareness of personal abilities, skills, interests and motivations.
    • Objective 4.03: Demonstrate how to intereact and work cooperatively in teams.
    • Objective 4.04: Explore the importance of planning.

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 1

  • Goal 6: The learner will apply basic economic concepts to home, school, and the community.
    • Objective 6.03: Participate in activities that demonstrate the division of labor.

Grade 2

  • 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.

Kindergarten

  • Goal 6: The learner will apply basic economic concepts to home, school, and the community.
    • Objective 6.03: Identify examples of how families and communities work together to meet their basic needs and wants.