Lesson Make Apple Pie Resources
LESSON PLAN FOR TEACHING ECONOMICS THROUGH CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Name: KatinaConway
School Division: King George County Public Schools
Potoma.c Elementary School
Date: October 1999
Grade: 2nd Grade
SOL: 2.6
Class: Econ and Lit
Title: How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Author: Marjorie Priceman
.ISBN#
Copyright
Economic Concepts: defmel identify natural resources and how
people depend on them Other subjects: Mathematics (nleasurements and graphing) Summary: How to Make An Apple Pie and See the World is a
story of a young girl who decides to make an apple pie but the store is closed. She travels to different parts of the world to gather the resources (ingredients) she needs in order to make the pie. ( Materials Needed:
Milk Apples Cinnamon Eggs , Butter Water Su~ar
Flour
Notebook paper
Graphing paper
Picture of a cow
Picture of a hen Picture of trees Picture of sugar cane
Picture of water Measuring cups Measuring spoons
Apple pie Sweet Potato pie
Procedures: Introduction: As an introduction to the lesson we will discuss our favorite pies to eat. I will ask students what ingredients they think are necessary to make an apple pie. Day One: 1. Defme the 3 primary resources- concentrating on natural resources. 2. List examples of natural resources. 3. Discuss how people depend on natural resources. 4. Read How To Make an Apple Pie and See the World. 5. Discuss the story. 6. List the natural resources that were read in the story. 7. Students will be divided into four groups. Each group will be given a picture of a natural resource. Each group will identify their picture and list its possible uses. Day Two: 1. Defme natural resources. 2. Give examples ofnatural resources and how we use them. 3. Review the story- How To Make a Pie and See the World. 4. Discuss/review the resources needed to make the pie. ( 5. Write a class recipe for making a Sweet Potato Pie. 6. Divide the class into 4 groups. 7. Each group will receive measuring cups, spoons, and ingredients needed to make the pie. 8. Students will read the recipe and use the measuring cups and spoons to show the amount of ingredients needed in order from most to least to make the pie . .)
Day Three:
1. Each student will taste an apple pie and a sweet potato pie. 2. Ask each student to decide which pie they like the most. 3. Tally the student responses. 4. Each student will graph the results.
Closure:
The activity for Day Three will bring closure to this lesson;
however, we will use this lesson as an introduction to the lesson on
Goods and Services.
Assessment:
Observation and oral discussions
Comprehension activity sheet
Special Needs children will be paired with a partner or assisted by
an aid.
Activity Sheet
Name---------- Date---------HOW TO MAKE AND APPLE PIE AND SEE THE WORLD 1. What is a natural resource? . 2. List 4 natural resources. 3. Why did the young girl need a chicken? 4. Where does the young girl go to get a cow? 5. How many apples does the girl get from the orchard? 6. List 4 ingredients needed for the pie?
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7. She churned the milk into
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8. She grinds the kurundu bark into_ _ _ _ __
9. She mills the wheat into
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School Division: King George County Public Schools
Potoma.c Elementary School
Date: October 1999
Grade: 2nd Grade
SOL: 2.6
Class: Econ and Lit
Title: How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Author: Marjorie Priceman
.ISBN#
Copyright
Economic Concepts: defmel identify natural resources and how
people depend on them Other subjects: Mathematics (nleasurements and graphing) Summary: How to Make An Apple Pie and See the World is a
story of a young girl who decides to make an apple pie but the store is closed. She travels to different parts of the world to gather the resources (ingredients) she needs in order to make the pie. ( Materials Needed:
Milk Apples Cinnamon Eggs , Butter Water Su~ar
Flour
Notebook paper
Graphing paper
Picture of a cow
Picture of a hen Picture of trees Picture of sugar cane
Picture of water Measuring cups Measuring spoons
Apple pie Sweet Potato pie
Procedures: Introduction: As an introduction to the lesson we will discuss our favorite pies to eat. I will ask students what ingredients they think are necessary to make an apple pie. Day One: 1. Defme the 3 primary resources- concentrating on natural resources. 2. List examples of natural resources. 3. Discuss how people depend on natural resources. 4. Read How To Make an Apple Pie and See the World. 5. Discuss the story. 6. List the natural resources that were read in the story. 7. Students will be divided into four groups. Each group will be given a picture of a natural resource. Each group will identify their picture and list its possible uses. Day Two: 1. Defme natural resources. 2. Give examples ofnatural resources and how we use them. 3. Review the story- How To Make a Pie and See the World. 4. Discuss/review the resources needed to make the pie. ( 5. Write a class recipe for making a Sweet Potato Pie. 6. Divide the class into 4 groups. 7. Each group will receive measuring cups, spoons, and ingredients needed to make the pie. 8. Students will read the recipe and use the measuring cups and spoons to show the amount of ingredients needed in order from most to least to make the pie . .)
Day Three:
1. Each student will taste an apple pie and a sweet potato pie. 2. Ask each student to decide which pie they like the most. 3. Tally the student responses. 4. Each student will graph the results.
Closure:
The activity for Day Three will bring closure to this lesson;
however, we will use this lesson as an introduction to the lesson on
Goods and Services.
Assessment:
Observation and oral discussions
Comprehension activity sheet
Special Needs children will be paired with a partner or assisted by
an aid.
Activity Sheet
Name---------- Date---------HOW TO MAKE AND APPLE PIE AND SEE THE WORLD 1. What is a natural resource? . 2. List 4 natural resources. 3. Why did the young girl need a chicken? 4. Where does the young girl go to get a cow? 5. How many apples does the girl get from the orchard? 6. List 4 ingredients needed for the pie?
I
7. She churned the milk into
----------
8. She grinds the kurundu bark into_ _ _ _ __
9. She mills the wheat into
---~----
)
ยท)
