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Trading Across Communities

Grade 3 Social Studies Worksheet

NameDate

Write trade, barter, import, or export.

People buy and sell goods at a market. Word:
The toys that a factory in China sends out to be sold in other countries. Word:
Mia gives Leo her apple, and Leo gives her a banana. No money is used. Word:
The shoes that a store in the United States brings in from another country. Word:
A town that grows apples buys fish from a fishing town, and the fishing town buys apples back. The two towns do this with each other. Word:
A baker gives bread to a farmer for a bag of apples. No one pays money. Word:
The oil that Japan buys from other countries and brings into Japan. Word:
The computers that a factory in Korea sends out to be sold around the world. Word:
A country sells goods that it made to other countries. Word:
Long ago, a sailor traded fish for cloth with no coins. Word:

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About this worksheet

No community can make everything its people need, so communities trade. Trade is buying, selling or swapping goods between people or places. Barter is a trade with no money: one thing is swapped for another. When trade crosses a country's border, the goods coming in are imports and the goods going out are exports. A banana grown in another country is an import for the United States and an export for the country that grew it.

On this worksheet your child reads ten sentences and writes trade, barter, import or export in the blank; the four words are in the instruction. Building Confidence uses the plainest sentences, On Level adds named countries and goods, and Challenge Me uses sentences that ask who is buying and who is selling. Ask your child to find an import in the kitchen: look for 'Made in' on a label.

What your child will learn

Say why communities trade
Tell trade with money from barter without money
Tell an import from an export

C3 Framework standard: D2.Eco.15.3-5, D2.Eco.1.3-5

Worked example

Coffee that Brazil grows and sells to other countries is an export for Brazil. The United States buys that coffee, so for the United States it is an import.

Common mistake

Mixing up import and export: an import comes in, and an export goes out.

Helpful hint

Barter has no money. An import comes in. An export goes out.

Earlier: Scarcity and Choice

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with trading across communities?

Mixing up import and export: an import comes in, and an export goes out.

How can I help my child with trading across communities?

Barter has no money. An import comes in. An export goes out.

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