Global Trade
CONCEPTUALWhy countries trade with each other; imports and exports; how goods travel around the world; that different countries use different currencies
Mastery Evidence
- 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 [child] looked at the labels on items in your kitchen, could they explain why so many things come from different countries?”
Prerequisites2
- Fair Trade & EthicssoftAges 7—9
- How the Economy WorkshardAges 9—11
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- What Money Is hard
Must understand money exists and is limited before distinguishing needs from wants
- Buying Things hard
Must understand buying before considering where products come from and who made them
- Coins & Notes hard
Must recognise coins/notes and their values before practising buying transactions
- Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
Recognising coin values requires reading numerals (1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50)
- How Many in Total? hard
Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Writing digits 0-9 hard
Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)
- What Money Is hard
Must understand what money is before learning to recognise specific coins and notes
- How the Economy Works hard
Must understand basic economics (supply/demand, producers/consumers) before exploring international trade
- Jobs People Do hard
Must know about jobs/work before understanding producers and consumers in an economy
- What Money Is hard
Must understand money exists and is limited before distinguishing needs from wants
- Coins & Notes hard
Must recognise coins/notes and their values before practising buying transactions
- Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
Recognising coin values requires reading numerals (1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50)
- How Many in Total? hard
Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Writing digits 0-9 hard
Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)
- What Money Is hard
Must understand what money is before learning to recognise specific coins and notes
- Coins & Notes hard
Must recognise coins/notes and their values before practising buying transactions
- Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
Recognising coin values requires reading numerals (1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50)
- How Many in Total? hard
Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Writing digits 0-9 hard
Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)
- What Money Is hard
Must understand what money is before learning to recognise specific coins and notes
Unlocks1
- Supply ChainssoftAges 9—11