Social Studies 1: Trade

Elmo loves sharing and wants to learn more about it! Sharing when you and a friend use something at the same time, like a toy!

Toys, Bats, Gloves, Super Awesome Dance Moves: these are all things that can be shared. Show you care, learn to share

Ernie has some milk and Elmo has some cookies. They sure would go well together! If Ernie and Elmo both share they'll have one great snack!

In this video, Elmo and Cookie Monster learn about sharing

Let's learn about goods and services. You can purchase both of them from people but they are not the same thing.

In this lesson, you will learn what goods and services are and what the difference is between the two!

In this video, we'll learn about buying goods and services. We'll also learn who is a producer and who is a consumer when we buy something

Let's learn about who is the consumer and who is the producer when we buy things.

A fun story by Neil Gaiman is read aloud in this film. A boy trades his dad for two goldfish and chaos follows.

In this read-aloud, children will hear the story of Charlie Brown trying to make his team better by trading.

This animation takes young viewers to a playground where three children are trading toys with each other. Teacher resources accompany this video

Swap! by Steve Light is read aloud by Benjamin Merritt. This story is about trading one thing for another.

In this quick adding money overview video your students will learn how to deduct or add to the money in their piggy bank

Do you know how much money you have? Learn how to add $1.75 + $2.50 in this video.

Students will walk through different scenarios that will help them improve their critical thinking skills with word problems and also being able to add, carry (addition) subtract and borrow (subtraction).

Have fun practicing counting money in Canadian dollars from coins to dollars up to $100!

Join Ms. Linda for a story about a young girl who explores the mesmerizing wonders of a Nigerian night market!

In this game, you can learn how to sort Canadian coins, count up the coins and decide which pile of coins has more value.

Elmo learns how he can get money by working.

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Now that we know what money is and how we get it, let's find out the three things we can do with our money!

Let's learn what money is and how we can use it to buy things.

Students investigate the seasons, explore the process of wool production, and discover how trade and barter have historically allowed people to satisfy their needs and wants.

At the end of this extension activity, student will be able to identify and define goods and services.

In this lesson students learn about the concept of barter, which is a system for exchanging/trading goods and services without using money.

In this lesson, students answer questions about how bartering effects groups by participating in and evaluating a bartering experience.

Although money has officially replaced the ‘barter system’, bartering still happens. In this lesson, students will debate the relative merits of bartering and using money.

This PBS Learning kit has 3 videos about sharing as well as a Teacher Tips sheet and a Classroom Activity

In lesson plan, adaptable for grades K-3, students use BrainPOP Jr. resources to identify the things that humans need in order to survive.

In this lesson students will examine the difference between wants vs needs as well as examine why people need things like water, shelter, and food.

Students are introduced to the concept of “needs” vs. “wants,” and begin to consider the relationship between consumer goods and happiness. Teacher resources accompany this video

Students organise a class or school-wide ‘barter project’ where students exchange goods or commit to providing a service.