Answer Key Economic Reasoning Grid Economic People’s choices People respond systems People gain have People make People’s choices to incentives in influence when they trade consequences choices involve costs predictable individual voluntarily that lie in the ways choices. future. Kizzy dreamed of Dog shows are serious Kizzy enjoyed writing Mrs. Warren disliked Kizzy enjoyed going to There were 40+ entering Shag into a dog business. Dogs are letters to Mrs. students to ask Anne Spencer’s house students that show one day. After all, expected to be well Anderson, the teacher questions during class. regularly. Miss Anne attended Kizzy’s old she knew Shag’s groomed and respond she would have for She would become had a library at her school. However, potential. precisely to the sixth grade at her new upset, if they did. house. Kizzy had when it was time to handler’s commands. school. Mrs. many questions, and start the new school Through the help of There are detailed So, students became Anderson would write could find most year at the integrated Anne Spencer, Kizzy was instruction books that accustomed to either interesting letters answers in the books school, only four introduced to Mr. outline the rules for the asking their questions back to Kizzy. in Miss Anne’s library. African-American McKenna, an immigrant dogs and their after class or looking students attended from Ireland. Mr. handlers. Kizzy’s family had up the answers for People could borrow school. McKenna had many wants, but themselves. experience in training the books from Miss There was no written limited resources. border collie dogs. Kizzy speculated that Anne and return them rule that stated an the other within two weeks. African-American could He agreed to teach Kizzy Kizzy’s family did not students People benefited by or could not enter a how to train Shag. Kizzy have writing paper at dropped out due to reading the books. dog in a dog show. accepted the help from their house. Kizzy the fear of potential Miss Anne benefited However, most people Mr. McKenna. Kizzy would borrow writing ridicule. by seeing people’s assumed they couldn’t. gave up her free time paper from Mrs.
Answer Key Economic Reasoning Grid People make choices People’s choices involve costs People respond to incentives in predictable ways Economic systems influence individual choices. People gain when they trade voluntarily People’s choices have consequences that lie in the future. Kizzy enjoyed writing letters to Mrs. Anderson, the teacher she would have for sixth grade at her new school. Mrs. Anderson would write interesting letters back to Kizzy. Kizzy’s family had many wants, but limited resources. Kizzy’s family did not have writing paper at their house. Kizzy would borrow writing paper from Mrs. Kizzy dreamed of entering Shag into a dog show one day. After all, she knew Shag’s potential. Through the help of Anne Spencer, Kizzy was introduced to Mr. McKenna, an immigrant from Ireland. Mr. McKenna had experience in training border collie dogs. He agreed to teach Kizzy how to train Shag. Kizzy accepted the help from Mr. McKenna. Kizzy gave up her free time Mrs. Warren disliked students to ask questions during class. She would become upset, if they did. So, students became accustomed to either asking their questions after class or looking up the answers for themselves. Dog shows are serious business. Dogs are expected to be well groomed and respond precisely to the handler’s commands. There are detailed instruction books that outline the rules for the dogs and their handlers. There was no written rule that stated an African-American could or could not enter a dog in a dog show. However, most people assumed they couldn’t. Kizzy enjoyed going to Anne Spencer’s house regularly. Miss Anne had a library at her house. Kizzy had many questions, and could find most answers in the books in Miss Anne’s library. People could borrow the books from Miss Anne and return them within two weeks. People benefited by reading the books. Miss Anne benefited by seeing people’s There were 40+ students that attended Kizzy’s old school. However, when it was time to start the new school year at the integrated school, only four African-American students attended school. Kizzy speculated that the other students dropped out due to the fear of potential ridicule.