Life Skills·Money & Finance·conceptual
Global Trade
Why countries trade with each other; imports and exports; how goods travel around the world; that different countries use different currencies
Suggested ages 9–11
Evidence of understanding
- Explain why countries buy goods from other countries (they can't make everything themselves)
- Give examples of imported and exported products from their own country
- Explain that different countries use different currencies and you need to exchange money when travelling
Assessment prompt
If Global Trade looked at the labels on items in your kitchen, could they explain why so many things come from different countries?
Standards alignment
No external standards are linked to this topic.