CAPTIAL, HUMAN, AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Essential Question and Objective

The student will be able to classify things used in a production process as capital resources, human resources, or natural

resources.

EQ: What is the difference between capital, human, and natural resources?

AGENDA

PowerPointRead book Match gameWorksheet

Questions

Have you ever made something?

What did you make? What were some things that you needed to make it?

Productive resources: are the natural resources, human resource, and capital resources used to make goods and services.

Natural Resources

Land…”gifts of nature” Present in the Earth Think about the Lemonade What are some examples of natural resources

used to produce other goods and services? What is the primary natural resource used in

producing gasoline? What are some natural resources used in

producing vegetables? What are some natural resources used in school?

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Human Resources

All of the people who produce the goods and services that people consume are called Human Resources.

What human resources were used when you make lemonade?

What are some examples of human resources used to produce other goods and services?

What do we call the human resource that bake bread?

What kind of resources are the farmers who grow vegetables?

What are some human resources used at school?

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Capital Resources

Tools, equipment, and buildings used to make goods and services.

Every good used over and over again to make goods and services is called capital resources.

What were some capital resources used to make lemonade?

What are some examples of capital resources used to produce other goods and services?

What are some capital resources used in baking a cake?

What are some capital resources used at school?

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Now we are going to read The Goat in the Rug

Listen carefully, and pay attention to the things used to make the rug, and who is telling the story.

Then matching game!!!!!!!

Match Game Directions

Sort items that Glenmae used into - Natural resources

- Human resources- Capital resources

Shuffle the cards and lay the cards face down on a desk DO NOT LOOK AT THE FRONT OF THE CARDS

Take turns and turn over two cards, a match is made if the one card shows something used to make the rug and the other card shows its corresponding resource category.

If you do not make a match flip them back over, but if you do set them to the side and make another pick.

Keep taking turns until all cards are matched.