Trade, Resources, and Daily Life in Early America for Grades 3-5 (Eatonton)

Teachers explore how people in different regions obtained what they wanted and could not or would not make themselves by using available resources and trading with others. This workshop supports elementary history standards that emphasize how communities used their environment and interacted with others, while highlighting key economics concepts such as resources, specialization, trade, and opportunity cost. Participants leave with a classroom-ready activity that helps students explain why people traded and how trade shaped early American communities.

Lunch, materials, substitute reimbursement provided.

Audience: Teachers, Grades 3-5