Description
Looking for easy, interactive activities to teach the difference between barter, trade, and money? This digital resource is designed for Google Classroom and helps students explore how people exchange goods and services—and how money makes trading easier. With engaging drag-and-drop slides, simple vocabulary practice, and relatable scenarios, this set makes learning about barter and money fun and memorable for young learners.
What Digital Barter, Trade, & Money Activities are Included?
This product includes:
- Editable reading passage
- Drag-&-drop: match the definition to vocabulary term (money, barter)
- Short answer: explain a time that you bartered/what you bartered/what you gave & received
- Short answer: explain a time that you or someone else paid money/what you paid money for/what you gave & received
- Short answer: looking at a picture of a lemonade stand and explain how money and/or bartering is paid
- Short answer: using money vs. trade (which is more convenient?)
- Brainstorm: write three examples for bartering and using money
What Do I Receive?
- A PDF containing a direct link to the Google Slides™ resource.
- An answer key to ensure quick and accurate grading.
Why do Teachers Love these Barter, Trade, & Money Activities?
- Time-Saving: Ready-to-use digital resources—no prep required!
- Engaging: Drag-and-drop sorting, real-world scenarios, and decision-making tasks keep students thinking critically.
- Versatile: Works with Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, Microsoft Teams, or as a downloadable PowerPoint.
- Standards-Aligned: Supports 2nd-grade economics standards on barter, trade, and money.
Why Will Your Students Love these Barter, Trade, & Money Activities?
- Interactive: Drag-and-drop activities feel like games, not worksheets.
- Relatable: Scenarios like trading toys or buying lunch make the topic easy to understand.
- Clear Visuals: Bright images help students quickly identify key concepts.
- Fun to Discuss: Students love sharing their own trade stories and deciding what they’d do in real-life situations.
What Do I Need?
- Devices: Works seamlessly on laptops, Chromebooks, and iPads (Google Slides app recommended for iPads).
- Google Account: Access the activities easily with Google Slides.
What Standards Are Covered?
This resource covers the following 2nd Grade Virginia SOL Social Studies 2023 Standards:
2.13 The student will apply history and social science skills to understand basic economic principles by
- identifying natural resources (e.g., water, soil, wood, coal), human resources (i.e., people at work), and capital resources (e.g., machines, tools, computers, buildings);
- distinguishing between needs and wants;
- distinguishing between the use of barter and the use of money in the exchange for goods and services and describing how money makes trading easier than barter; and
- explaining that scarcity (having limited resources) requires people to make choices about producing and consuming goods and services.
These Barter and Money digital activities make economics easy to teach and fun to learn. Whether you’re introducing the topic for the first time or reviewing before a quiz, this no-prep resource helps your students clearly understand the difference between trading and paying.
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