When we make decisions, there are costs (bad points) and benefits (good points) that we can use to evaluate our choices. The Three Little Pigs is a great book to use to talk about the costs and benefits of decisions.
Use the classic Project Gutenberg version of the Three Little Pigs or one of the videos below. While you read or view, stop when you get to a problem point. Then, ask students to list choices and think about the costs and benefits of the decisions.
Tell students that a new reality show Pig Places just started and they are doing a feature on the best pig houses to protect against the Big Bad Wolf. Download the PACED Decision Making so students can decide which is the best house to protect pigs from the Big Bad Wolf. Students should list the choices from the stories, as well as one choice of their own, based on a house they have lived in or seen.
Then, to explore more economic concepts, use the Costs and Benefits of Choices in the Three Little Pigs slideshow below to discuss the story.
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