Publisher’s Story Summary: An apple pie is easy to make...if the market is open. But if the market is closed, the world becomes your grocery store. This deliciously silly recipe for apple pie takes readers around the globe to gather ingredients. First hop a steamboat to Italy for the finest semolina wheat. Then hitch a ride to England and hijack a cow for the freshest possible milk. And, oh yes! Don't forget to go apple picking in Vermont! A simple recipe for apple pie is included.

LESSON: HOW TO MAKE AN APPLE PIE AND SEE THE WORLD

Lesson Summary
 
Making an apple pie is usually easy for the young baker except when the market is closed and no ingredients can be bought. The reader is taken on a journey around the world to find the finest ingredients to make a delicious apple pie.

Concept: Productive Resources

Definition: Productive resources are the natural, human, and capital resources that are used to produce goods and services.

Comprehension Questions

Describe the problem at the beginning of the story.
The ingredients for the apple pie could not be bought because the market was closed.

List all the natural resources and ingredients that were gathered from each country to use in making the pie.

• Italy - semolina wheat
• France - chicken for eggs
• Sri Lanka - bark from the kurundu tree for cinnamon
• England - cow for milk, ocean - seawater for salt
• Jamaica - sugar cane for sugar
• Vermont - apples

After all the natural resources and ingredients were gathered, it was time to make the pie. Identify the capital and human resources needed to produce the pie.
Human resources - girl
Capital resources - grinder, bowl, stove, pot, churn stove, pan

Explain why the pie in this book probably tasted better than if the market had been open.
The little girl gathered only the finest ingredients for the pie.

When you go to the store, are the goods you buy there sometimes made in other countries?
Yes! Goods produced in many countries are found in our stores. 

Do producers in our country sell goods to other countries?
Yes! Our goods are sold to people all over the world.

Extra Credit:  What do we call goods that we buy from other countries?
Imports

What do we call goods that we sell to other countries?
Exports

Other Concepts: Natural Resources, Human Resources, Capital Resources, Interdependence, Specialization, Trade and Money

  Productive Resources 

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