Title of Unit: Making Economic Choices Title of Lesson: Day 7: Trade Around the World Submitted By: Caitlin

Andrews

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This is the last lesson in a unit about economics and money. During this lesson students will learn about international trade. Students will use the Houghton Mifflin 3rd grade social studies textbooks: communities, pages 300-303 for a reference. B. Target Population: Grade Level: 3rd grade Skill Level: at grade level Grouping: whole group C. Materials: Houghton Mifflin 3rd grade social studies textbook: communities, pages 300-303 Social studies journals Pencils Blank paper D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o E.12.0- Students will explore trends in international trade, the impact of trade on the U.S. economy and the role of exchange rates.

Student-Friendly Standards I will identify benefits of international trade and differentiate between imports and exports.

E. Procedure: 1. Begin lesson with an introduction discussion about international trade. Ask students: o o o Do you know where different products come from? What is international trade? Why is it important?

2. Introduce vocabulary words to students who will write them in the vocabulary section of their social studies journals (market, import, export, industry- definitions are on page T300) 3. Allow students to pair read pages 300-303 4. Students will create a Venn diagram on blank white paper comparing imports and exports o
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Title of Unit: Making Economic Choices Title of Lesson: Day 7: Trade Around the World Submitted By: Caitlin Andrews

Draw illustrations if they want

5. Students will share their Venn diagrams with their table groups and as a whole group 6. Have whole group discussion about reading and where various products come from 7. CLOSURE: Students will write in their social studies journals: o o What are some goods the U.S. imports? Explain why countries use international trade to import and export goods.

F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? I will use informal assessment through discussion, the Venn diagram and journal entries to measure student understanding. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. I will know students understand this concept when they can define international trade and give examples of imports and exports. G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? I think this entire lesson will be easy to teach. I think students will enjoy learning about international trade and realize that their toys come from different parts of the world. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? I dont think there will be a challenging part of this lesson to teach. I think the concepts are pretty easy to understand. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? The extension of this lesson is going to be in a review session and a formal unit assessment. This is where students will demonstrate how much information they have retained. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? I will pull small groups and work independently with students who dont understand the concept being taught. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change?

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Title of Unit: Making Economic Choices Title of Lesson: Day 7: Trade Around the World Submitted By: Caitlin Andrews

I dont think any part of the lesson needs to be changed. There are many activities that can be used to compare imports and exports though, but that is up to the teacher. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? There wasnt really a difficult part of writing this lesson. I think the concepts were easy to write about and create a lesson for.

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