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Ancient Egypt: Domestic Life: Bartering

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ancient Egypt learning exercise, learners read about bartering in the marketplace. Students find the value of 4 items and draw the things you could barter them for.
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What is Money? Learn the Role of Money in a Free Market System

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners view a seashell and listen as the teacher explains that these were sometimes used as money. They listen as the teacher lectures on medium of exchange, barter, and commodity. Students determine the number of chickens it would...
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TRADERS' GAME

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students play a game aimed at demonstrating how relationships with other communities or countries affect the food and fiber system. The game simulates the unequal distribution of natural resources which creates the need for...
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Buying Without Money

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students describe life in the Virginia colony. They explain how money, barter, and credit were used. Students simulate trading items among classmates. Students compare/contrast credit and trade.
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Economics During Colonial Virginia

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars communicate their knowledge of life in the Virginia colony. They describe how money, barter, and credit were used. Students observe a United Streaming video on trade. Young scholars complete a review guide and write an essay.
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Let's Make A Deal

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners conduct a Swap Day to determine how bartering to exchange goods works. They trade something that they do not want for an item that they prefer.
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Donut Dinero

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students set up a classroom currency exchange and explore the idea of bartering to get what they want. They create a monetary unit that is based on fractions and multiples of a standard unit, and compare this system to the U.S. monetary...
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Trade Along the Silk Road

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students do a jigsaw activity that will enable them to understand the dynamics of the Silk Road trade.
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Pioneer Currency in Utah: Have you got change for a 5?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the need for money in a society and the artificial value of coin and paper currencies. They design their own coin and paper currency.