The Goat in the RugExploring Economic

Resources

GPS SS3E1 The student will describe the four types of productive resources:

• a. Natural (land)• b. Human (labor)• c. Capital (capital goods)

ELA3R2 The student acquires and uses grade-level words to communicate effectively. The student

• a. Reads literary and informational texts and incorporates new words into oral and written language.

ELA3R3 The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text. The student

• h. Interprets information from illustrations, diagrams, charts, graphs, and graphic organizers.

• i. Makes connections between texts and/or personal experiences. • j. Identifies and infers main idea and supporting details. • m. Recalls explicit facts and infers implicit facts.

Economic Resources Natural Resources:

Found in nature and/or on Earth• land, plants, sand, oil

Capital Resources: Things made by people and used to make

other goods • tools, equipment, computers

Human Resources: Labor, people who do physical or mental

work• Cashier, bus driver, policeman,

Arizona:

Window Rock, Arizona

Navajo Video Cliphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn8rObjPM2c

eWord Game:

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/ga/books/bkc/ewordgame/index.html