1. CSI-R Vocabulary Lesson Plan
IZORA BROWN
DISCIPLINARY VOCABULARY STRATEGIES LESSON
RED 6545; DR. CHRISTINE JOSEPH
FOR:
G R A D E 5 TH

2. Content
 Disciplinary Vocabulary
Scarcity
(The basic economic problem
that arises because people have unlimited
wants but resources are limited.)
Trade
(is a cooperative activity both
parties in a trade expect to benefit).

3. Standards
 STANDARD SS.3.E.1.1 Standard 1: Beginning Economics
Give examples of how scarcity results in trade.
 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1: Read Closely-Evidence &
Inferences
 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.6 Use technology, including the
Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and
collaborate with others.
 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.4 Determine or clarify the
meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases
by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and
consulting general and specialized reference materials, as
appropriate.

4. Investigate: Text 1 Fiction
Scarcity

http://www.kidseconposters.com/literature-connection/
Bunny Money; by: Rosemary Wells
 http://www.kidseconposters.com/literature-connection/trademoney/bunnymoney/?query=Concepts.eq.Scarcity&xsearch_id=literature_search1
&xsearch[2]=&xsearch[0]=&class0_0=18&back=literature

Explain Ruby's comment, "Money is running through our
fingers, Max."
They were spending all their money too quickly.

Explain why they could not buy the music box.
The music box cost $100; they only had $5 left.

5. Investigate: Text 1 Fiction Cont’d
Trade

http://www.kidseconposters.com/literature-connection/
A New Coat for Anna; by Harriet Ziefert
http://www.kidseconposters.com/literature-connection/trade-money/a-new-coatforanna/?query=Concepts.eq.Trade%20and%20Money&xsearch_id=literature_search1
&xsearch[2]=&xsearch[0]=&class0_0=6&back=literature

Explain how Anna could get a new coat for the winter without any
money.
Her mother traded a gold watch and other nice things for wool and the services of
the craft people to make the coat.

List all the trades Anna's mother made in order to get the new coat.
Gold watch to the farmer for wool; a lamp to the old woman to spin wool into yarn;
garnet necklace to the weaver to weave yarn into cloth; teapot to the tailor for
sewing cloth into a coat.

6. Investigate: Text 2 Informational
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/economics/theim
portanceoftrade1.htm

Do you always get equal value when you trade?

You have too much grain but not enough rice. How would you trade?
Song Lesson for Kids Homeschooling Economics Barter & Trade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHY5cdExNa8

7. Investigate: Text 2 Informational
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/econ
omics/scarcityandchoices1.htm
• How does scarcity relate to supply and demand?
• Explain why some countries food supply is scarce.
• Why was the Harry Potter book scarce when it first came out?

8. Report
Students will create a trading card of the vocabulary word “trade”. They will describe
the word, give an example on how it effects the parties involved, and write a short
story describing the word. They will also create a printing press using the same
concept with the word “scarcity” but will insert images to go along with the stories.