Get up and get trading:

Students love getting up and interacting with this trade route activity. This activity supports the study of Indigenous People's trade routes, but can easy represent a variety of civilizations. Students loved having a goal and being able to barter with one another to succeed in that goal.

After completing the activity, students reflect on their experience and make connections to what makes a successful trade route. This helps students take prior knowledge and bridge it to historical learning.

My students loved this activity and had a great time bartering for resources.

This lesson covers Indiana Social Studies Standards 5.E.1, 5.E.2.

What's included:

• Instructions.
• Trade Route Map suggestion.
• Explanation worksheet.
• Record/Data Sheet.
• Resource cards.

How is this resource useful:

• Great collaborative activity.
• Easy prep.
• Student engagement is high.
• Makes an abstract concept concrete.
• Students will reach conclusions based on experience.