GCLE: I – E1.0.4 Describe reasons why people voluntarily trade By Sara Hayes

Poems  Buying and Selling  (Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)  Goods, goods, goods are things,  That we make and use,  Were buying and selling,  Any goods we choose.  Services are things we do,  That other people use.  Were buying and selling  Services we choose. Smart My dad gave me one dollar bill 'Cause I'm his smartest son, And I swapped it for two shiny quarters 'Cause two is more than one! And then I took the quarters And traded them to Lou For three dimes -- I guess he didn't know That three is more than two! Just then, along came old blind Bates And just 'cause he can't see He gave me four nickels for my three dimes, And four is more than three! And then I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs Down at the seed-feed store, And the fool gave me five pennies for them, And five is more than four! And then I went and showed my dad, And he got red in the cheeks And closed his eyes and shook his head -- Too proud of me to speak!

Tops and Bottoms: Janet Stevens. Caldecott winner about the dangers of trading. A New Coat for Anna: Harriet Ziefert A mother barters and trades to have a new coat made A Birthday for Frances: Russell Hoban A book that discusses why people barter /trade for things Let’s Trade: Nancy Loewen Teaches about trading and includes historical background on trading

Schoolhouse Rock “This for That”

Barter Party Host a barter party. Invite children to come to the party with an item or items they would like to trade or index cards of services they can provide other children. During the party, children will be encouraged to barter for new goods and services. Make it clear at the beginning of the party that children will not get the items they brought returned to them, so they should bring something they are okay with getting rid of.

Would You Survive? The Purpose of this game is to collect all of the items you need to survive as you settle into your new life.

Lesson Plan Ideas /index.php?lid=699&type=educator S_By_Unit_1st/unit4_SS/act10/Un4A ct10.htm

Websites to Support the GLCE: Good for teacher resources m/elementary.asp

Work Cited  Elementary Economic Lessons (n.d.). In MoneyInstructor.com. Retrieved November 8, 2014, from  Hoban, R. (1976). A Birthday for Frances. N.p.: HarperCollins.  (n.d.). In EconEdLink. Retrieved November 8, 2014, from  (n.d.). In KidsEconPosters. Retrieved November 8, 2014, from e_Basics_Posters e_Basics_Posters  Loewen, N. (2005). Let's Trade: A Book About Bartering. N.p.: Picture Window Books.  Mrs. Stamp's Kindergarten (n.d.). In TeacherWeb. Retrieved November 8, 2014, from  Silverstein, S. (2009, April 7). Poem: 'Smart' by Shel Silverstein. In Marketplace. Retrieved November 8, 2014, from  Stevens, J. (1995). Tops and Bottoms. N.p.: Harcourt Brace.  Schoolhouse Rock: This for That [Online video]. Retrieved from  Trade to the Tailor (n.d.). In EconEdLink. Retrieved November 9, 2014, from  Would You Survive? (n.d.). In Love to Know Kids. Retrieved November 9, 2014, from  Ziefert, H. (1988). A New Coat for Anna. N.p.: Dragonfly Books.  Zeiger, S. (2006). Teaching Kids About Bartering. In Love to Know Kids. Retrieved November 9, 2014, from  1st Grade Unit 4 Activity (n.d.). In Vermilion Parish Schools. Retrieved November 7, 2014, from