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Treaty Establishing the European Community
This page provides access to the "Treaty establishing the European Community as Amended by Subsequent Treaties: ROME, 25 March 1957." Links are provided for each article.
US Geological Survey
Bismuth
A listing of all sorts of available reports on bismuth. Great resources for students at many levels.
Other
Ministerio De Economia, Industria, Y Comercio
The official site of the "MEIC", or Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Commerce, contains everything you need to know about its organization and functions. You can read its reports to the Legislative Assembly, Trade agreements, Services...
Penn Museum
Penn Museum: Secrets of the Silk Road
Excavated findings along the Silk Road in the Middle and Far East are found in this online museum exhibition.
PBS
News Hour Extra: Trade Wars the Candidates Take a Stand
A lesson plan that looks at the 2004 election in the United States and the country's economic issues. Which candidate do you think has the best economic policy?
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Old World Contacts: Era of Military Empires
A description of the trade routes established and used in the twelfth and thirteenth century. Gives a list of goods that were traded and reasons for the trade.
University of Calgary
U of Calgary: First Interval: C. 350 Bce C. 200 Bce Empire Building
A discussion of the trade which was carried on between the Mediterranean and India via the silk road.
Yale University
U.s. Government Information: Standards & Specifications
This article explains what is expected of structure and instruction on the design, contstruction, manufacturing, and handling of goods and services. It refers to various documents that provide required specifications.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: European Union
This is an animated resource that lists countries that have joined the European Union. Includes dates and maps of the countries.
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Web site of the Federal Trade Commission which serves to protect consumers.
Other
Explaining the u.s. Trade Deficit
Discusses how the U.S. has been lowering its trade deficit. This paper is very detailed with information and graphs for the student who is familiar with global trade.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Achieving Economic Stability: Lessons From the Crash of 1929
This page provides access to the text of the speech "Achieving Economic Stability: Lessons From the Crash of 1929" by Gary H. Stern, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. It compares the Crash of 1929 to the Crash of 1987.
Council of Foreign Relations
North America's Second Decade (Nafta)
A ten year evaluation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Canada, Mexico and the U.S. in Foreign Affairs, a scholarly academic journal, is presented. Discusses the potential for further integration between trading...
Other
Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America
The AACCLA promotes trade and investment between the United States and Latin America. Country-specific information and general NAFTA information are provided.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Renaissance: Become a Spice Trader
This site provides detailed information about the adventures of becoming a spice trader. The site allows the researcher to experience an exhibit as a "traveler" by clicking on various links.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Renaissance: Exploration and Trade
Detailed introduction on exploration and trade during the Renaissance. Provides an overview of the tools created during the Middle Ages that made such travels by sea possible as well as insight into the types of goods traders sought in...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Production Possibilities Frontier
Through a series of videos and notes, lesson gives students a better understanding of the production possibilities curve and how it applies to economics.
Cato Institute
Cato Institute: Free Trade, Free Markets: Rating the 105th Congress
This article is about the dispute between a totally free market and one in which the government intervenes.
University of Nebraska Omaha
University of Nebraska: Limiting Trade
At this site from the University of Nebraska, students can learn about various types of trade restrictions and their effects by applying a model to determine who will benefit and who will be hurt by a tariff.
US Department of Agriculture
China's Food and Agriculture: Issues for the 21st Cent.
A series of reports published but the United States Department of Agriculture in April of 2002 (in PDF format) from the USDA that covers "China's food consumption, marketing, international trade, agricultural policy, transportation...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: The United States and Globalization
This self-guided unit addresses the economic interdependence of communities and countries across the globe and the economic development that is taking place. Included are lessons, self-assessments, background information, and learning...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Society: The Trading Game
Students simulate the trading of goods between countries. Then they reflect on the challenges of trade between countries.
CNN
Cnn: 1840 1860 Opium Wars: Trade War: Britain Acquires 'A Barren Rock'
A CNN article about 19th century trade between Britain and China that includes information about Canton and other useful things. Includes pictures if you click on the names in the article.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Want to Trade?
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...