Fit for Pigs
Mama Pig awakens to find the pig house on fire. She wakes her 11 piglets and they all escape, as firefighters come to put out the fire. The house is beyond repair, so the farmer calls a bricklayer, a glazier, a carpenter and a roofer, the specialized workers who will help build a new home for the pig family. In the end, the farmer, firefighters, workers and pigs have a party to celebrate the completion of the “new house fit for pigs.”
Economic Concepts
- Human Resources
- Specialization
Grade Levels
- Primary (K-3)
Description of Lesson 1, Fit for Pigs
from Economics and Children’s Literature, Supplement 2:
Students discuss the book and the human resources needed to build a new house for the Pig family. Students participate in groups as the specialized workers, drawing only the part of the house on which they are working.