Engage your youngsters in basic economics by connecting the terms to dessert and pizza! After a discussion about intermediate goods and natural resources, learners read and connect a pizzeria to economic terms.

Concepts

natural resources, human resources, capital resources, economics, inputs, income, intermediate goods

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• As an extension, have kids come up with their own restaurants and short menus; they can identify the natural resources, human resources, and intermediate goods necessary for their imaginary restaurant

Classroom Considerations

• You will need to purchase or borrow a copy of Little Nino's Pizzeria by Karen Barbour
• While some of the economics vocabulary words are complex, the way in which learners are introduced to these terms is reasonable for the target age group; some pupils will still need additional assistance in understanding the terms

Pros

• The lesson procedures are very detailed
• Comes with a Venn diagram that includes a word bank to support students as they fill out the organizer

Cons

• None