3rd Grade Global Trade Inquiry
Why Do Countries Need Each Other?
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Staging the Compelling Question
In staging the compelling question “Why do countries need each other?” teachers might begin by showing the YouTube video “Global Ship Traffic Seen from Space” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV0iRkAATCY) and asking students what they think they are seeing. Students may have several hunches, but one or more will likely guess that the video represents shipping routes. Following up on that suggestion, teachers should ask what students think might be on those ships. From the hunches offered, teachers can follow up by introducing and unpacking the word “trade” and what it means to trade goods.
Why Do Countries Need Each Other?
Download Entire Inquiry Here
Staging the Compelling Question
In staging the compelling question “Why do countries need each other?” teachers might begin by showing the YouTube video “Global Ship Traffic Seen from Space” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV0iRkAATCY) and asking students what they think they are seeing. Students may have several hunches, but one or more will likely guess that the video represents shipping routes. Following up on that suggestion, teachers should ask what students think might be on those ships. From the hunches offered, teachers can follow up by introducing and unpacking the word “trade” and what it means to trade goods.
Supporting Question 1- What do countries export?
Supporting Question 2- Why do countries import goods?
Supporting Question 3- What factors influence trade?
- Source A: Image bank: Highest valued export by country
Image 3: Exports from African countries.
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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/business/global-economy/140502/world-commodities-exports-map.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/business/global-economy/140502/world-commodities-exports-map.
- Source A: "On Valentine's Day, Many of the Flowers Come From Colombia"
- Source B: "It's a Hard Fight to End Child Labor Abuse on West Africa's Cocoa Farms"
- Source A: "Most People in India Drink Tea, but Locally Grown Coffee is Catching On"
- Source B: "Who Will Sell the Most Avocados? Colombia Hopes It Will"
| New York State Social Studies Framework Key Idea & Practices | 3.10: Each community develops an economic system that addresses three questions: what will be produced, how will it be produced, and who will get what is produced? Gathering, Using, and Interpreting Evidence Comparison and Contextualization Civic Participation Economics and Economic Systems |