Bartering, an Early Form of Interdependence

With the abundance of food products we can easily access in our society today, it is easy to forget the toll this can take on our global environment. Young learners will discover how the transition to agriculture and domesticated living...

Young historians discover the early people of the western hemisphere. The unit explores how the land changed, how it was used and homes of early Americans such as Incas, Mayans, Inuits, Aztecs, and Pueblos. Individuals also examine these...

Students engage in a discussion about their experiences with goods, services, and money.  In this bartering lesson, students read The Wampum Bird story and brainstorm their personal experiences with economics.   

Students participate in a simulated exchange of goods. In this bartering lesson plan, students trade ingredient word cards with a goal of obtaining all the necessary ingredients to bake cookies. Students make connections with money and...

Fourth graders understand the process of bartering. In this barter day lesson, each student barters an item in their desk with another student. All items are returned at the end of the activity and it is important to tell the students...

As a summative assessment for this unit on colonial trade, fourth graders listen to and read informational texts in order to demonstrate their ability to take notes, write summaries, and draw connections. Young scholars first listen as...

Young citizens construct an understanding of urban planning in this cross-curricular unit. Covering every aspect of city development from the political, economic, and social influences to sustainable building practices, this 10-lesson...

Students discover the importance of exchanging money in a market. In this economics instructional activity, students discover natural resources and how one can barter with those resources. In addition, students complete worksheets and...

Young scholars research how early colonists lived. They investigate late 17th century colonist's lives from Massachusetts and Delaware. Using their research, students write historical fiction in the form of friendly letters between the...

Students practice bartering. In this colonial lesson, students find that the colonists had to barter with one another to get the items they needed. Students bring in an item to barter with their classmates and discuss this simulation.