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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Early American Trade With China: Profits & Commodities of the China Trade [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
After the American Revolution, Americans believed there were great profits to be made in the China trade. The successful voyage of the Pearl, which returned to Boston in 1810, demonstrated the kinds of profits that could be made.
Lesson Plan
University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Explorers, Traders and Immigrants [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
This unit examines eight global commodities from their points of origin and the social, cultural, political, and economic changes they have wrought along their way. Each case study encompasses four "stops" along the commodity journey:...
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Other

World Resources Institute: Global Forest Watch

For Students 9th - 10th
Global Forest Watch (GFW) is an online platform that provides data and tools for monitoring forests. It uses advanced satellite data and crowd-sourced information to track deforestation and how forests are changing throughout the world...
eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 13: Money and Banking: Defining Money by Its Functions

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Explain the various functions of money and contrast commodity money and fiat money.
Article
The Balance

The Balance: An Introduction to the Financial Markets

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains what the different types of financial markets are, including stocks, bonds, commodities, and derivatives, as well as what the functions of financial markets are.
Primary
Lumen Learning

Lumen: American Romanticism: "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the essay "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson, the foundation of transcendentalism, a belief system that espouses a non-traditional appreciation of nature. Transcendentalism suggests that the divine, or God, suffuses...
Handout
US Department of Agriculture

Economic Research Service: Arkansas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a state fact sheet on Arkansas from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You will find information on the population, farm characteristics, and top commodities and exports.
Handout
US Department of Agriculture

Economic Research Service:delaware

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a state fact sheet on Delaware from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You will find information on the population, farm characteristics, and top commodities and exports.
Handout
US Department of Agriculture

Economic Research Service: Wyoming

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this ERS state fact sheet on Wyoming from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You will find information on the population, farm characteristics, and top commodities and exports. This would be a good starting point for a state...
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Dyula

For Students 9th - 10th
"Dyula" is a Manding word typically referring to "traders" as a socio-professional category, particularly to Muslim long-distance traders who speak one or another dialect of Manding. The name is used as an ethnic label by...
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Other

Law of Demand and Fundamental Analysis of Commodity Markets

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the basic fundamentals of the law of demand. Charts and explanations are provided to aid in the process of research and learning.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1491 1607: The Columbian Exchange

For Students 9th - 10th
The Columbia exchange moved commodities, people, and diseases across the Atlantic.
Interactive
Other

International Monetary Fund: Trading Around the World

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive simulation and role-playing activity based on a fast-paced game that challenges the player to buy low and sell high. The simulation is a trading model that matches the player with computerized traders from around the world.
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: 1828 Tariff of Abominations

For Students 9th - 10th
The Tariff of Abominations was the name given by its southern opponents to the Tariff of 1828 and was designed to protect American industry from cheaper British commodities.
Primary
Other

Jcpa: A Commodity in Scarcity: Politics of Water in the Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay from 1994 discusses the issue of water scarcity in the Middle East. It describes the problem and proposes solutions.
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Other

International Monetary Fund: World Economic Outlook Databases

For Students 9th - 10th
These databases present economic data for individual countries, aggregated sets, and for commodity prices going back to 1999. The information is published twice a year.
Article
Mount Holyoke College

International Relations: Relations With Japan 1938 1940

For Students 9th - 10th
This publication from the U.S. Department of State lays out the attempts the United States made between 1938 and 1940 to influence the behavior of Japan through "moral embargoes" and eventually a complete embargo of all strategic...
Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Silk Road

For Teachers 9th
A comprehensive learning module on the Silk Road that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include what the Silk Road was, why...
Lesson Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Connections Across Land

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit chronicles the paths taken by various explorers for delivery of commodities and religion which led to the migration of people and an onslaught of disease. Particular attention is paid to The Silk Road, The Turquoise Road, and...
Interactive
University of Richmond

American Panorama: Canals

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent resource maps the growth of canals and economic development in the nineteenth-century by presenting data about the commodities and products that moved across the canals and shows the spaces that canals connected.
Handout
US Department of Agriculture

Economic Research Service: Virginia State Fact Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this state fact sheet on Virginia from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You will find information on the population, farm characteristics, and top commodities and exports. This would be a good starting point for a state report.
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Other

National Integrated Pest Management Network

For Students 9th - 10th
This site shows general info on IPM, but allows you to get specific by picking a pest or a commodity.
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US Department of Agriculture

United States Department of Agriculture: State Fact Sheets

For Students 9th - 10th
State fact sheets provide information on population, income, education, employment, federal funds, organic agriculture, farm characteristics, farm financial indicators, top commodities, and exports, for each state in the United States....
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Other

Webtrading.com: Glossary of Futures Trading Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Definitions of many future trading terms. Some of the terms included are abandon, accommodation trading, and actuals.

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