Playing Store Without Money -- The Barter System in Pio

Learners explore bartering. In this bartering lesson, students study everyday life in the Jamestown colony. Learners discover how bartering was used as a way to acquire necessary supplies.

Students study bartering. In this social studies lesson, students discuss the difference between needs and wants. Students discover how trade and barter have been used throughout the years. Students trade and barter with each other.

There are endless uses for printable play money in your classroom, and you'll definitely want to check out these well-designed, attractive printables to add to your bank of manipulatives.

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

Students explore the the benefits and problems associated with a barter system in the Colonies and trace its relationship to the development of interdependence that this system creates. An experience of bartering is created in this lesson.

Here is an ingenious system of economics that you can set up in your classroom that stays in place the entire year. Each student participates in a simulated economy. They fill out job applications, have an interview, and obtain a...

Students explore the concept of trade and bartering and participate in a game titled "Barter Bag." They discuss the difference between wants and needs, and read a list of rules for the game. Students then use a bartering system to...

Suggested topics for a role play debate include school uniforms and culpability for drunk driving, but any issue of interest to your class will work. What are the hot issues in your community or on the news right now? Class members...

Students participate in an online lesson based on the concept of "Bartering." In this consumer lesson, students examine Jack and the Beanstalk and explore the idea of Jack trading his beans. Students use the Internet to discover how to...

Students use folk tales, history, and their own experiences in learning about the inter-relatedness of goods, services, and money.