Ten Black Dots
The author, Donald Crews, uses the creative arrangement of black dots in the production of a counting book. Students can later produce their own books in a similar fashion.
Economic Concepts
- Producers
- Production
- Incentives
- Income
- Consumers
- Goods and Services
- Choices
- Opportunity Cost
- Human Resources
- Capital Resources
- Natural Resources
- Scarcity
- Intermediate Goods
- Specialization
- Interdependence
Grade Levels
- Primary (K-3)
Description of lesson from Spotting Economics: From Africa to Ice Cream, Lesson 3: Students learn about production by creating their own dot designs and using them to produce greeting cards.