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East Asian trading ships

Each student will work with a partner as an owner of an overseas shipping company with one cargo ship in East Asia. Students are given these instructions in the overview: In each Asian country that you travel to you will fill your cargo ship with items that you can buy from the list of exports. You will then try to sell these items when you travel to another country that is willing to import these commodities. The winner of the game is the company with the biggest profits at the end of the pretend 15 day time period. Good Luck!

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)

By Tami Kaiser Polge.

Economic resources using thinking maps

This lesson uses several literature selections in order to identify and classify natural, human, and capital resources. Students will work together in small groups to gather information and individually complete a Thinking Map. The assessment includes completing a Tree Map individually and sharing group information with the rest of the class. This lesson will take two days.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

By Robin Campbell.

Resources of South America

In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 4.9

In this lesson for grades six and seven, students will research the resources of a South American country and will create a map illustrating those resources.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)

By Shea Calloway and Joann Via.

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In order to fully understand the geographic concept of natural resource use, students should learn about the ways that resource extraction affects the physical and human landscape. In this lesson, provided by National Geographic, they'll discuss how a specific... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies)

Provided by: Xpeditions

The Little Red Hen

“The Little Red Hen” is a classic story for nearly all adults, and many children. In this lesson from EconEdLink, it is retold and enhanced in order to provide a framework for illustrating and reviewing the concepts of productive resources and... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 2–5 Social Studies)

Provided by: EconEdLink