3rd Grade
Marketing, Sales, & Services Industry Sector
Entrepreneurship Pathway

 

Scarcity (First Facts) by Janeen R. Adil
Provides an introduction to the economic principle of scarcity. Explains how scarcity affects prices and choices. Includes an activity and fun facts. *

Supply and Demand (First Facts. Learning about Money) by Janeen R. Adil
Introduces the concept of supply and demand. and explains how supply and demand impacts the prices of things that people buy.*

Kidpreneurs: Young Entrepreneurs With Big Ideas! by Adam Toren 
Our goal with Kidpreneurs is to outline some basic tools and strategies kids can use to gain some valuable experience in starting, managing, and growing a successful business venture. Through easy-to-understand basic principles and a creative approach, we outline some key techniques that will have a powerful and positive impact on your child's ability to understand entrepreneurship. Using kid-friendly design and illustration, we break down some of the major points of entrepreneurship, so your child can have fun as he or she learns. *

The Little Entrepreneur Takes Flight (The Little Entrepreneur)
by Michael J. Harper and Jay Arrington*
The Little Entrepreneur Takes Flight is an empowering story about 6 kids learning how to turn their talents and hobbies into their own businesses. This is a business adventure series that helps kids learn about what it takes to become an entrepreneur in a fun way. The lessons learned on their journeys will help kids develop an “I can become anything I dream attitude.” The series plants the seed of entrepreneurship and self-empowerment.*

Boxcar Children Special #75 The Mystery Of The Empty Safe
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Aldens start a business producing birthday parties and find themselves investigating a series of robberies taking place during their parties.

You Wouldn't Want to Be an American Colonist: A Settlement You'd Rather Not Start by Jacqueline Morley, David Salariya and David Antram
Are you ready to leave behind your home in England and risk your life in the name of exploration? You will have to face starvation and angry natives if you are going to set up a colony.It's Not An Easy Life!  Top Tips from Experts:
•If you get really hungry, boil up your boots and eat them.
•Don't steal food from the natives or you might end up dead.
•Build well-protected livestock pens - even your own people might try to steal from you.
•Grow tobacco in your settlement. You might make a fortune selling it! (back cover)

Boxcar Children Special #05: The Pilgrim Village Mystery
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Aldens ake a trip with Grandfather to Pilgrim Village which has been built to look like an old colonial town. They love the old-fashioned candle shop, printing shop, and the general store. They even get to wear colonial costumes.  They uncover the mystery behind the unusual happenings at the historic site.*

Early Artisans (Early Settler Life) by Bobbie Kalman 
An introduction to crafts in the 18th and 19th centuries before the Industrial Revolution. Here are some of the artisans whose crafts and positions in the community are examined: the printer, bookbinder, blacksmith, metalworker, cooper, gunsmith, musical-instrument maker, dressmaker, milliner, wigmaker, cabinetmaker, potter, glassblower.*

The General Store (Historic Communities) by Bobbie Kalman 
The General Store was a place where townsfolk could buy wonderful spices, brightly colored fabrics and nifty gadgets. General Store describes the appearance, contents, workings, and role of these businesses in the community. The full-color photos depict contemporary people performing tasks in re-created general stores on historical sites, e.g., Old Sturbridge Village. The text is full of fascinating details, such as the fact that people often took things home in barrels or cloth sacks because paper bags and cardboard boxes had not yet been invented. Lively photos and illustrations show that it was also an important meeting place where neighbors stopped to chat. *

Early City Life (Early Settler Life) by Bobbie Kalman 
The reasons why towns grew into cities: location, transportation, availability of goods and services.  Topics covered: Cities offered their residents protection, shelter, communication systems, health care, education, jobs and business opportunities; City government; Protection against fire and crime; Building and maintaining roads; Homes of the rich and the poor; Water, light and heat; Church, charity and education; The excitement of many cultures living together; The post office and newspapers; City transportation: taxis and trolleys; City jobs: the professions, factory workers, street peddlers and entertainers, domestic servants; Banking and business; Merchants and inventors; City problems; The pleasures of city life.*

 

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