Less than $5 6th Grade Economics Games (by date, oldest first)
Trading Along the Spice Road (Silk Road) Game--5th Grade Studies Weekly Week 10
By Colleen Burdette
Fun, Trading Game:
Students will explore the concept of trade routes and tariffs on trade routes along the Spice Road and then the New World.
Students will make trades with the Indies. Then they will then attempt to trade through the Ottoman Empire. Because of the struggle with the Ottoman Empire, they will then attempt to trade with the New World, the East Indies.
When the game is complete, students will complete a trade agreement and pay a final tariff. The student with the largest total at the end wins.
Students can answer questions concerning their game as individuals or as a class in discussion.
Covers Indiana Social Studies Standards 5.E.2, 5.E.5.
What's included:
- Teacher instructions.
- Game directions.
- Two sizes of game boards.
- Templates of products for printing.
- Discussion Questions.
How is this product useful:
- Competitive game, students love a competition.
- Represents trade barriers.
- Requires students to reach conclusions when reflecting.