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Grades 3-5
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Today's lesson will help you learn about how people received goods and services before there were coins and paper money. You will also see that this exchange called trade or barter is still used.
Your teacher will share a folktale with you called, "The Wampum Bird."
Remember these characteristics that are found in some folktales:
Ask your teacher for samples if you cannot get started on your own. Talk about these with your group or partner.
Read the story and take the pop quiz.
Notice the picture of the wampum belt. What colors do you see? Can you guess how the belt was made? Read the story about wampum. Turn to your partner or group and share two new ideas you learned by visiting this site.
From the information on the websites, discuss with your partner or group some of the people, places and ideas that were new to you and some of the people, places and ideas that you had heard of before and be ready to share your thoughts with the class.
From this lesson we can conclude that money may or may not be found in a trade, and that trades may or may not be fair to all traders.
Challenge: Share your wampum string with your family. For each bead you made, tell your family one important idea that you learned from this lesson.
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