My Rows And Piles Of Coins
This is a story about Saruni, a young boy and his family, who were both consumers and sellers in a market in Tanzania. Saruni wanted to save his money and buy a bicycle, but faced problems because of high prices.
Economic Concepts
- Market
- Consumers
- Producers
- Choice
- Goods
- Services
- Wants
- Buy
- Sell
- Money
- Price
- Spending
- Saving
- Capital Resources
Grade Levels
- Primary (K-3)
- Intermediate (4-6)
Related Subjects
- Geography
- Personal Finance
- Multicultural
- Math
Teacher Tips for Using this Book
In this lesson, students discuss the story and answer questions about the concepts, and later make a bar graph concerning saving. (Print publication – lesson not avaliable online.)
Flowers, B., Meszaros, B., & Suiter, M. C. (). Personal Finance and
Children’s Literature (Grades 1-3). Coulson E. C. & McCorkle S. (Eds.).
SPEC Publishers, Inc. St. Louis, Missouri.
Online Lesson, My Rows and Piles of Coins, from Kids Econ Books:
http://www.kidseconbooks.com/html/my_rows_and_piles_of_coins.html
Students read the book and discuss the economics concepts through a set of questions and answers.
Description of lesson from Spotting Economics: From Africa to Ice Cream: Students answer questions about the economics concepts in the story, and participate in activities to help them learn about spending, saving, and making choices.
Gallagher, S., & Hopkins, M. C. (2003). Spotting economics: from Africa … to ice cream! Richmond, VA: EconFun.