One of my favorite topics to teach in Economics is "needs and wants." Students can totally relate! They could go on for days about all of the things they want in life! Here, I've taken an economics standard and combined it with creative writing based on the best selling books by Laura Numeroff. After learning about needs and wants, I read a few of her books to the class. Many times they've read them already but boy, do they enjoy them! The repetition is great especially when it comes down to wr