
Grades 9-12
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Students take a trip back in time and spot economic concepts in a historical fiction tale. This time frame features Boston Harbor around 1680.
Would you like to go back in history in a time machine? Would you be able to spot economic concepts? We know that economics helped shape our history, but can you recognize those concepts when you read about history? You are going to take a time machine back to Boston Harbor in 1680. Your job is to be an economic spotter and see if you can recognize trade as it happened in 1680. You are going to keep a list of different kinds of trade that you find in the story. Then you are going to explain in paragraph form what trade is and how trade and specialization might have helped people in the colonies.
Discuss the following questions with the students:
[NOTE: Click here to learn more about Boston’s history.]
Go back to the Time Machine activity and review what you have learned.
Write a paragraph in which you tell what exchange is and what sort of exchanges took place in Boston, 1680. Tell how specialization helped people in the colonies trade with England.
Grades 9-12
Grades 9-12
Grades 9-12
Grades K-2, 3-5