One Grain of Rice
This is a mathematical folktale in which a Raja hoards all of the rice that his people have collected. In a time of famine he refuses to give the rice to the statving people and instead keeps it all to himself..until a ricky girl comes along and tricks him out of his rice to feed her people.
Economic Concepts
- Scarcity
- Economic Wants
- Saving
- Decision-Making
- Producers/Production
- Shortages and Surpluses
- Goods and Services
- Supply and Demand
- Public Goods
- Choices
Grade Levels
- Primary (K-3)
- Intermediate (4-6)
Related Subjects
- Geography
- Multicultural
- Math
- World History
- Government/Civics
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