Students will write about what they would trade for gold and practice inventive spelling in the process. After reading "In 1492", students will discuss how Christopher Columbus traded with the natives and then write what they would trade the native people for gold. End the instructional activity by playing the Environmental Trading Game.

Concepts

christopher columbus, trade

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Additional Tags

betterlesson, betterlesson: want to trade?, money vs. barter

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional