EconExperiments - Barter Trade
<<This experiment is contributed by Ms Sau-yin LAU of the Queen Elizabeth School Old Students' Association Secondary School.>>

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Concepts & Keywords Illustrated:
 
Barter trade
 
Money
 
Brief description:
 
Students are divided into ten groups of four. Each group has several entities and an instruction which tells them what they have to get from other groups by exchanging their goods with others'.
 
In the second round of the trade, students can have toothpicks as the medium of exchange.

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1) Teaching Plan (English)

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2) Teaching Plan (Chinese)
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3) Appendices (English)

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4) Appendices (Chinese)

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5) Powerpoint (English)

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6) Powerpoint (Chinese)

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