Producer Pigs An Economics Webquest for 1 st Grade Written by Debbie Gibson Church Hill Elementary IntroductionIntroduction / Task / Process / ConclusionTaskProcessConclusion EvaluationEvaluation / Teacher ResourcesTeacher Resources

Introduction Have you ever heard the story of the three little pigs? Over the next few days, you will become one of the characters from the story to complete some activities. Click on the pigs below and listen to the story before you begin your task!

Task Pig #3 Well, little pigs, the time has come for you to move out on your own. You must work together to build yourselves a new house. You will also need to classify the resources that you use in case the big, bad wolf comes back and you need to rebuild again! But you better hurry up and get started. That ol’ wolf is still out there! Make a Producer Pig headband!

Process Step 1Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Home

Uh oh, little pig. You’ve got a problem. It seems that your partner doesn’t want to build a new house. You must convince the other little pig that you need a house. Click on the books to read about wants and needs. Then write a letter to the other little pig to convince him that you must have a house!write a letter Pig #3

Now that you’ve convinced the other little pig that you need a house, it’s time to become a producer pig! What’s that you say? You don’t know what a producer is? Well, you’d better find out! Click on the T.V. below and watch to find out what a producer is! Pig #3 Now try this !

Pig #3 Your next step is to choose the resources you’ll need to produce your house. What are resources?!? Oh my! Click on the books below and read to find out about the different types of resources. But you’d better hurry! I think I heard the wolf huffing and puffing outside!

Uh oh, little piggies! I think I see that ol’ wolf lurking outside. It’s time to get busy building! Use the resources that are in the box to produce your house! Be sure to use at least one capital, one natural, and one human resource to build your house. After you finish building your house, click on the wolf below to complete a factors of production chart to classify the resources you used. Be sure to do a good job on your house. That big, bad wolf can really huff and puff!Be sure to do a good job on your house.

Conclusion Great job, little pigs! Now hurry home before the big, bad wolf sees you! Home

Evaluation Home Producer Pig Rubric I helped my partner build a house. We used at least one natural resource. We used at least one capital resource. We used at least one human resource. I correctly identified all of our resources on my factors of production chart.

Teacher Resources Home Producer Pig Headband Pattern Persuasive Letter Frame Community Worker Pattern Apple Pie Factors of Production Student Sheet Links to Related Economics Web Sites Unit Lesson Plan

Producer Pig Headband 1 Color a Producer Pig pattern. 2 Label your pig’s hat as “Pig 1” or “Pig 2.” 3 Cut out the pig. 4 Glue the pig’s head in the middle of the sentence strip. 5. Write your name on the inside of your sentence strip. 6 Raise your hand and wait for your teacher to staple your headband together.

____________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____________________________________________ Dear Little Pig, _______________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ________________________________________________________________________________ Sincerely, ___________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________

Resources Producers make goods or provide services. They use many things to make their products. Some of these things are called resources. Resources can be placed into three groups: natural, human, and capital resources. Natural Resources Capital Resources Human Resources Now Try This!

Links Goods or Services? Goods and Services pupActivity2.htm Match Products to Producers pupActivity.html

Natural Resources Natural Resources are those things found in and on the earth, such as water, oil, and sunlight.

Capital Resources Capital resources are tools, equipment, and buildings we use to help produce things. Capital resources are used over and over without being used up, such as trucks, computers, cash registers, desks, and chairs.

Human Resources Human resources are people who work, like teachers, doctors, truck drivers, and sales clerks.

Human Resources Capital Resources Natural Resources

British version of story weenies/storytime/stories/threelitt lepigs/index.shtml (animated movie)

interactive activity interactive activity goods and services teaches about producers activity match products to producers activity