Making Big Bolstead Bucks
Realistic (fiction) 2,888 words, Level X (Grade 5), Lexile 910L
In Making Big Bolstead Bucks, a group of students and their teacher learn the basics of how capitalism works. Their assignment is to form small groups and start their own business. Mr. Bolstead teaches his students about borrowing money with interest, supply and demand, and profit as they compete to win the contest in a real-world simulation. Illustrations accompany the text.