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ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoflifeintheVirginiacolonyby d) describinghowmoney,barter,andcreditwereused.
ASSESSINGLEARNING
Ihavebothformalandinformalassessmentsinthislessontotracktheirlearningprogress.Eachstudentwillhavewrittenthe formofexchange,thedefinition/keyfeatures,andwillhavedrawnapicture.
Objective Studentswillunderstandthat
moneywasnotoftenusedintheearly Virginiacolony.
DataCollected
Studentswillhavecompletedtheir interactivenotesfromtheActivBoard presentation. Studentswillhaveactivelyparticipated intheBarterrolesactivityandwill haveansweredthereflectionquestions ontheirslip.
Studentswillknowtheformof BarterBag exchangethatthecolonists BarterRoles usedwasbartering(alotof timeswithtobacco) Studentswillknowtheformsof Vocabularyflapbook exchange:money,barter, Exitcards credit,debt,andsaving.
Studentswillhavetradedandbartered itemsfromtheirbagwithother classmates. Studentswillhaveactivelyparticipated intheBarterrolesactivityandwill haveansweredthereflectionquestions ontheirslip. Studentswillhavecreatedtheirown flapbookswiththetitleofformsof exchangeonthefrontpage,aswellas itsdefinition.Toassessevery student'sknowledgeoftheformsof exchange,Iwillbeabletochecktheir flapbooksthatwearecreatingduring thesmartboardpresentationtomake sureeachstudenthasaformof exchangeandadefinition. Inordertoassesswhetherthestudents knowthekeyvocabularycards,they willhavetonamethreeformsof exchangeontheirexitcardthatthey learnedaboutattheendofthelesson.
Thestudentwillbeableto dramatizeabartertransaction
BarterBag BarterRoles
Studentswillhavetradedandbartered itemsfromtheirbagwithother classmates. Studentswillhaveactivelyparticipated intheBarterrolesactivityandwill haveansweredthereflectionquestions ontheirslip. Studentswillhavecreatedtheirown flapbookswiththetitleofformsof exchangeonthefrontpage,aswellas itsdefinition.Thespecificformsof
credit,debt,andsaving).
each student was. Teacher sets the time and says Go!. 4. Following the game, have students discuss the process of bartering-list strengths and weaknesses. 5. Bartering section of The Kids Money Book is great to share with students at this time.
H.PROCEDURE(CONTENT) Placeabarterbagonthestudentsdeskandinstructthemnottotouchit.
TellthemtogetouttheirVAstudiesnotesandpullupActivBoardpresentation Iwillexplaintostudentsthatpeoplecanexchangetheirmoney(coinsandpapermoney)forthegoodsandservicesthey needandwant.Coinsandpapermoneyarereferredtoascash. Iwillhavestudentsdescribetimestheyhaveusedcashtopayforagoodorservice Iwillintroducethetermbarterandgivethedefinitionastheexchangeofgoodsandservices
Selectfourstudentsandgiveeachofthemoneoftheroleplay instructionsfromtheActivitySheetBarterRolePlaying.Instructstudents toreadtheirtaskwithoutdiscussion.Thesefourstudentsthenundertakea roleplaywhichisobservedbytheremainderoftheclass. Oncompletionoftheroleplayingdiscusswhattookplacewiththe class: Whataretheessentialelementsofsuccessfulbarter? Whatproblemsoccurwhenpeopletrytobarteritems? Isitafalsesituationwhenallitemshaveequalvalue? Howdowedecidewhatisafairexchange? Whathappensifonepersonwillnotcooperate?
TOOLMAKER
YouliveinthevillageofBarterville. Eachpersoninthevillageproducesmoregoodsthantheyrequireandthereare otheritemstheyneedtoobtainfromotherproducers. Youareatoolmaker. Thiscardrepresentsthehammerandnailsyouhavemade.Youhaveyoung childrenwhoneedmilktodrink.Exchangeyourgoodssothatyoucangetthemilkyour childrenneed.
TAILOR
YouliveinthevillageofBarterville. Eachpersoninthevillageproducesmoregoodsthantheyrequireandthereare otheritemstheyneedtoobtainfromotherproducers. Youmakeclothes. Thiscardrepresentstheclothesyouhavemadeanddonotneed.Exchange theseclothessothatyoucangettheflouryouneedforyourcookingneeds.
DAIRYFARMER
YouliveinthevillageofBarterville. Eachpersoninthevillageproducesmoregoodsthantheyrequireandthereare otheritemstheyneedtoobtainfromotherproducers. Youareadairyfarmer. Thiscardrepresentsacanofmilkyouhaveleftover.Yourclothesarewearing outandyourneedsomenewonesbeforethesnowfalls.Exchangethemilktogetnew clothes.
FLOURMILLOWNER
YouliveinthevillageofBarterville. Eachpersoninthevillageproducesmoregoodsthantheyrequireandthereare otheritemstheyneedtoobtainfromotherproducers. Youaretheownerofaflourmillandyouneedtodosomerepairstoyour