Whaling Days
Whaling Days is a history of the whaling industry beginning with early settlers learning from Native Americans how to hunt whales. Illustrations in tinted woodcuts supplement the narrative. The Native Americans had learned to use their human capital to produce food and valuable oil from whales, a natural resource. Examples of capital resources used in the 1600’s in whaling were canoes and harpoons. Because of the scarcity of whales and the rising cost of finding them, petroleum oil was substituted for whale oil in the mid 1800’s and the industry declined in the United States.
Economic Concepts
- Productive Resources
- Natural Resources
- Capital Resources
- Human Capital
- Goods and Services
- Supply and Demand
Grade Levels
- Intermediate (4-6)
Related Subjects
- U.S. History
- Environment
- Science
- Art
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