Buying and Selling Through Trade vs. Money

Strengthen your understanding of economics with this worksheet about trade and money exchange! To start, learners will review brief explanations and examples of both exchanges. Then, students must read six short scenarios and determine whether each one is describing a trade or money exchange. Lastly, young economists will respond to short-answer questions by identifying one similarity and one difference between the two exchanges.

This activity is a great way to introduce fourth and fifth graders to the concepts of trade and money, which are important as students begin to obtain goods and services on their own. Applying these economic foundations to everyday scenarios can make these concepts easier to understand and identify.