{"id":504838,"date":"2010-04-01T22:36:03","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T02:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2612"},"modified":"2010-04-01T22:36:03","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T02:36:03","slug":"teaching-economics-with-children%e2%80%99s-literature-10-things-i-can-do-to-help-my-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/504838","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Economics with Children\u2019s Literature: 10 Things I Can Do To Help My World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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10 Things I Can Do To Help My World<\/a>\u00a0 is written by Melanie Walsh and is a fantastic resource for teaching students about resources and conservation.\u00a0 Each page of this book provides a message about conservation such as turning off the tap while brushing your teeth will save eighteen glasses of water.\u00a0 This book reminds students to unplug the television when they are not using it and to sort their recycling.\u00a0 A great aspect of 10 Things I Can Do To Help My World <\/em>is it’s simplicity because each of the ten actions it discusses and be easily performed by children.\u00a0 Perhaps the greatest element of the book is that it is made from one hundred percent recycled material.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections
\n<\/strong>This book is perfect for teaching students about how limited resources require people to make choices about producing and consuming goods and services.(2.9)\u00a0 It can be used as an opener to a lesson about recycling or to explain the ecological responsibilities we have to our planet.\u00a0 10 Things I Can Do To Help My World <\/em>instructs students about the effect their actions can have on the world and how to make that effect more eco-friendly.<\/p>\n

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