Pancakes, Pancakes!
A boy wants pancakes for breakfast and finds that it takes many resources to produce them.
Economic Concepts
- Natural Resources
- Capital Resources
- Human Resources
- Interdependence
- Specialization
- Producers and Production
- Goods and Services
- Consumers and Consumption
- Factors of Production
Grade Levels
- Primary (K-3)
Related Subjects
- Geography
- Art
Teacher Tips for Using this Book
Students complete handouts to learn about resources, specialization, and interdependence.
(Print publication – lesson not available online.)
Day, H. R. (1997). Teaching economics using children’s literature. [Indianapolis, Ind.]: Center for School Improvement and Performance, Office of Program Development.
Online lesson, Pancakes, Pancakes, From the Maryland Council on Economic Education: Students participate in a webbing activity to learn about the resources needed in the production of pancakes.
http://econed.org/userfiles/files/Pancakes%20Pancakes.pdf
Online lesson from Kids Econ Books:
http://www.kidseconposters.com/keb/Title%20List%20Poster%20Set%20A/Productive%20Resources/Pancakes.htm
Students read the book and discuss the economics concepts through a set of questions and answers.
In this lesson, students make their own pancakes, learn about the factors of production, and make a mobile to illustrate them. (Print publication – lesson not available online.)
Hopkins, M. C., Wright, D. K., & Wood, W. C. (1998). Economics and Children’s Literature (Special Third Supplement: Storybooks for Primary Grades). Coulson, E. C., Suiter, M. C., & McCorkle, S. (Eds.). SPEC Publishers, Inc. St. Louis, Missouri.