| LESSON PLANS
ELEMENTARY: Trade (Salem)
Teacher Summary
Students will have the ability to describe the routes New England
traders took to China.
Students will understand the reasons why certain trade routes were
chosen.
Students will understand the idea of supply and demand regarding
the various goods traded during these economic transactions.
Students will gain a basic understanding of navigational techniques
and concepts.
Students will know what a typical New England trading vessel looked
like.
Students will gain an understanding of the importance of Hawai'i
in the trade connections between New England and China.
Students will understand the idea of Cultural Diffusion and the
transfer of cultural ideas through material trade.
Content Standards:
- Students will be able to analyze a painting and answer relevant questions
based on its content.
- Students will be able to read and interpret informational charts (crew and
cargo lists/ships logs etc).
- Students will gain a basic understanding of navigational concepts.
- Preparations/Supplies
Needed:
World maps, pencils, New Trade Winds Website, photo of
a painting of a sailing ship, photos of Hawai'i, photo of an object
made of sandalwood, photo of a painting of the ports of Macao,
Whampoa, and Canton. Photos of the interior of the Gardner Pingree
House, pictures of porcelain, silk, and the Tea Trade painting,
the Pierce Nichols House, and the Chinese merchant with fur lined
robes
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