Florida SS.6.E.3

SS.6.E.3 is a Florida social studies standard. These are the benchmarks under it.

• SS.6.E.3.1

  Identify examples of mediums of exchange (currencies) used for trade (barter) for each civilization, and explain why international trade requires a system for a...

• SS.6.E.3.2

  Categorize products that were traded among civilizations, and give examples of barriers to trade of those products.

• SS.6.E.3.3

  Describe traditional economies (e.g., Egypt, Greece, Rome, Kush) and elements of those economies that led to the rise of a merchant class and trading partners.

• SS.6.E.3.4

  Describe the relationship among civilizations that engage in trade, including the benefits and drawbacks of voluntary trade.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students identify imports and exports and explain how American consumers, workers, and businesses take part in global trade. They predict how supply, demand, trade barriers, and currency values can affect prices and jobs.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Given a product label or trade scenario, students can classify the exchange as an import or export and identify who benefits. They can explain one likely effect of a tariff, shortage, or currency change using evidence from the scenario.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students often reverse imports and exports because they ignore which country is buying. They may think imports always hurt the economy, exports always help everyone, or the United States produces everything it consumes.

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How to Assess It

Give this exit ticket: “A Florida company buys coffee from Brazil, then a new tariff raises its cost. Is the coffee an import, and what may happen to its price?”

1. 01

   Have pairs inspect product labels, place origin stickers on a world map, and connect each country to the United States with yarn.

2. 02

   Ask students to write whether limiting imported shoes would help or hurt American shoppers, workers, and businesses, using two specific effects.

3. 03

   Run an import-export sorting relay with scenario cards, then award a point when teams correctly explain each choice from the United States perspective.

4. 04

   Compare prices for one locally made item and one imported item, then list factors that may explain the difference.

• SS.8.E.3

  The 8th Grade version of this standard.

• SS.7.E.2

  Understand the fundamental concepts relevant to the institutions, structure, and functions of a national economy.

• SS.6.E.2

  Understand the fundamental concepts relevant to the institutions, structure, and functions of a national economy.

• SS.7.E.3

  The 7th Grade version of this standard.