Working in groups, students decide on a country and product to export. Each group designs a country logo and product card for exporting. The groups reveal their country and their products to the class. Ask the groups to locate their chosen country on the map. Then ask them to stand in the floor globe in their country s location.
Trading begins with one country offering to export their product to another.
Other countries decide if they need the product. Continue until all countries have the opportunity to export their product and import another. Beverly M. Ruthven teaches third grade at Baker Elementary School in Little Rock, Arkansas. She has received numerous economic awards, including the Bessie B. Moore State Economics Award and the NFIB Education Foundation Award. Ms. Ruthven also serves as an Economic Education Specialist for the city of Little Rock.