ECO 155: Extra Credit Lesson:
Lesson Title: Bread Resources
Grade level: Autism/mild to moderate MR
Teacher: Ms. Amy Reese
Principal: Dr. Kim Finch
School: Pershing Elementary School
Presenter: Ms. Linda Funk
Description: In this lesson students begin to learn the concepts of resources and incentives by listening to a story and sequencing and evaluating picture cards. Students will learn the difference between labor, capital, and natural resources along with the concept of incentives. Students will review the lesson with hands-on activities using bread dough, a sifter, and bread.
Time Limit:30 to 40 minutes
Origin of Lesson: This lesson is a modified version from EconEdLink on 10/16/03.
Key Concepts:
1. Resources
2. Production
3. Incentives
Materials:
Book 1:The Little Red Hen and the Ear of Wheat, by Mary Finch
File Folder Charts (3)
Index Picture Cards
Sifter
Basket
Flour
Bags of Dough (6)
Risen Bread Dough
Loaf of Bread
Overview:
1) Begin with asking the students:
Have you ever worked hard on a project which no one wanted to help you with,
such as building with Legos or growing something in a garden?
When you were done, did others want to play with you or take part in your success?
What have you built or made?
2) Begin reading the story The Little Red Hen and the Ear of Wheat
Introduce the concepts of resources, production, and incentives.
Discuss these concepts as they arise in the story.
After reading the story, have students identify the production picture cards, prompting with the question, What steps were involved with the production of the loaf of bread?
Group activities: 1) Place production picture cards in the order they appeared in the story.
2) Students will differentiate resources with the sorting
boards and pictured index cards.
Encourage students with praise and redirection.
Ask the students, What was the incentive for the rooster and the mouse to help
the Little Red Hen in producing the bread?@
3) Ask students if incentives work for people too? What incentives do teachers use?
What incentives do your parents use? Introduce incentive picture cards.
(Transition activity)
4) Hand out bags of dough. Students will have the opportunity to knead dough while taking turns sifting. Using the sifter, each student will emulate the milling process with instant oats (instant oats simulate the milling process) and the sifter. Discuss the work involved in milling and kneading the dough.
5) As the kneading is in progress, discuss what happens to the dough after it is kneaded and placed in the bread pan. Introduce the loaf of risen bread. Place the risen bread into the oven. Pull out the baked loaf of bread. Serve with butter and jelly to reinforce an incentive.
6) Remaining time to be used for questions.
What labor resources were used in the story?
What were the capital resources in the story?
Can you name a natural resource from the story?
Edited by Dr. J. Hoftyzer