The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute: Bartering for Goods
The Franklin Institute Online explains what bartering is and how it developed down through history. A lesson plan and quiz are also provided.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Trading: Then & Now
This quiz will compare trading in the past and trading in the present. It will also look at the use of money in the United States today.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Early Global Commodities
This unit examines globalization from its true origins rooted in China's desire for silver and in Spain's conquest of mines in America.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Money Is What Money Does
Throughout history, a wide variety of items have served as money. These include gold, silver, large stone wheels, tobacco, beer, dog teeth, porpoise teeth, cattle, metal coins, paper bills, and checks. All of these types of money should...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Lewis and Clark Barter With Native Americans
In this lesson you will define the term barter and give examples of bartering in several different areas. Find out how this system took shape and was useful to Lewis and Clark. This site is extremely informative and contains extension...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Hawaiian Economics: Barter for Fish & Poi
Use this lesson to learn more about the Hawaiian economics system. Learn how they developed and used this specialized type of money system. "In this lesson, you will learn how specialization and division of labor increased productivity...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: The Balance of Payments
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and calculations related to the balance of payments. Topics include the current account (CA) and the capital and financial account (CFA, sometimes called simply the...
Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Score: Latin American Marketing Project
This site from Score provides information on the global marketplace. This is a unit where students are grouped to find out the best Latin American country to introduce a new fast food business. Site is very well outlined and includes...
University of Nebraska Omaha
Ec Ed Web: Virtual Economics Web Companion
The Virtual Economics Web Companion for K-12 economics and social studies teachers was created by the National Council on Economic Education. A wide variety of educational materials and lesson plans can be accessed through this site....
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Entrepreneurship
In this instructional activity, students become entrepreneurs and they will create a community of businesses by selling goods and services for profit. This instructional activity requires students to work in groups. Each group will have...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: I Have No Money, Would You Take Wampum?
Through the use of folk tales, history, and the students' own experiences, students will recognize the inter-relatedness of goods, services, money. They will locate information about barter as a means of trade, use folk tales as an...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Balance of Payments (Bop)
International trade allows countries to buy and sell both domestic and foreign goods, as well as services and financial assets. A country's transactions are summarized in a set of accounts called the Balance of Payments (BOP). Students...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Is a Gift Economy?
What if, this holiday season, instead of saying "thank you" to your aunt for her gift of a knitted sweater, the polite response expected from you was to show up at her house in a week with a better gift? Or to vote for her in the town...