Books:

1. A New Coat for Anna: This book is set post World War II and is about a young child,
Anna, and her mother and how she bartered goods and services to make Anna a new
coat for the winter. This book shows that even if you have no money, you can still
provide goods for some to buy while also bartering services to get things from others. I
would use this book for our lesson to highlight and supplement our conversations about
how to understand what goods and services are and what goods and services we use in
our everyday lives.

2. The Big Buck Adventure: ​This is a book about a young girl who goes on an adventure
with her "big buck" through different everyday stores. She finds all different types of
things that she can buy with a "buck" or a dollar. It covers all the different types of money
combinations such as 10 dimes equal a dollar, 100 pennies equal a dollar, etc. I would
use this book to help students understand the meaning of a dollar and how it can go far
or how it can be used so quickly.

3. A Chair for my Mother: This book is about a young girl and a single mother that save up
money and coins to buy a brand new chair for their apartment and this chair has to be so
magnificent for her mother after being on her feet all day. The coins and money are put
in the jar to be saved where the family can find a bargain or two, to be able to save for
this magnificent chair. I would use this book to show students about saving money and
how to achieve their goals by saving money and saving up for things that really matter to
them.

4. Uncle Jed’s Barbershop: This book is about Sarah Jean and her Uncle Jed who takes us
through the struggles of being the only black barber in their county in the middle of the
Great Depression. Uncle Jed travels far and wide to cut hair for his clients all while
saving up to buy his own barbershop. Overcoming the depression and having to pay for
an operation for Sarah Jean caused a setback for Uncle Jed but years later he is finally
able to open his shop. I would use this book to show students about saving money and
how to achieve their goals by saving money and saving up for things that really matter to
them.

5. Round and Round the Money Goes: This is a great informational text that talks about ​the
history of the use of money and the evolution of its forms, to how and where money is
made, how it is used (including alternate forms of money like checks and credit cards),
things money is used for, and the names for money in other countries. This is a great
book to teach students about the physical money that we encounter everyday and the
history behind it all.
Websites:

1. https://www.brainpop.com/math/dataanalysis/supplyanddemand/
This website is a brainpop on supply and demand. Not only is there a video for students to
engage in, the site also includes practice activities, vocabulary and assessments for the
students. This is a great comprehensive tool that an educator can use to help further enhance
and solidify students' understanding of supply and demand. We could use this assessment tool
to gather questions to add to a possible summative assessment.

2. https://kids.kiddle.co/Supply_and_demand
This site is an “Encyclopedia for Kids”. This resource could be used to help build and solidify
students' background knowledge before beginning the unit. There is useful information on the
history of supply and demand, explanation of critical content vocabulary and practical examples
of supply and demand. Students could work in groups to do a “deep dive” into this website and
construct a presentation based on the ideas they learned from the resource and create their
own examples of a supply/demand chain based on their new knowledge.

3. https://www.councilforeconed.org/2015/04/13/money-math-mondays-supply-and-deman
d/
This resource is a great resource for educators. This resource lays out multiple different lesson
plan ideas on supply and demand. This resource is great because it lays out the suggested
grade levels as well. When you sift through the embedded links, you will find lesson descriptions
with activities included. If you are a teacher who needs new ideas to pull from, this would be a
great resource to look into.

4. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:supply+and+demand+practice

This is another resource for educators. Through this teachers pay teachers link, there are many
different downloadable pdf files. Each of these are centered around teaching lessons on supply
and demand. Some are full lesson plans, some are assessments and some are just activities.
This is a very accessible spot for educators to gain some ideas to help better engage students
in the content while promoting a deeper understanding of the content.

5. https://www.econlib.org/library/Topics/College/supplyanddemand.html

This is also a great resource for educators. It is our job to have a strong knowledge and
understanding on the content we are teaching our students. Sometimes, lesson plans do not
give adequate background knowledge for a teacher to fully understand a concept. This resource
is great because it goes more in depth on supply and demand while also giving links to other
articles and readings on supply and demand. This would be great for teachers to explore before
teaching a lesson in order to be better prepared to help aid in student understanding.