Bartering, an Early Form of Interdependence

Students examine a variety of aspects dealing with family life, survival, and mining in Colorado using primary and secondary sources. Research resources and handouts provide a background for this ten lesson unit.

Fifth graders participate in read aloud activities of three books about life in Colonial times. They compare their life to that of children of Colonial times using a Venn diagram. They draw a picture and write about what a day in 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. 

Students study the life of a child living at Thomas Jefferson's home of Monticello contrasted to the life of child living on a Quaker settlement. In this early Virginia history activity, students read background information about the...