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3.1.2 It’s A Fair Swap! SEQUENCE SUMMARIZE SUMMARY This nonfiction book describes R EAD TH E BOO K bartering in early America and how, as the SET PURPOSE Have students set a purpose for country grew, bartering gave way to the use reading It’s A Fair Swap! Students’ curiosity of paper money. about swapping and bartering should guide LESSON VOCABULARY this purpose. Suggest that students think carpenter carpetmaker about the necessity for bartering as they read the book. knowledge marketplace merchant plenty STRATEGY SUPPORT: SUMMARIZE As students straying thread read the book, suggest that they write down and number the major ideas and milestones. INTRO D UCE TH E BOO K After reading, have students write summary INTRODUCE THE TITLE AND AUTHOR Introduce paragraphs using their notes as guides. students to the title and the author of the book It’s A Fair Swap! Based on the title, ask COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS students what kind of information they think PAGE 4 What is the sequence of events in a this book will provide. Ask students what they barter? (People decide what they want to trade, think the people in the cover illustration are approach another person and determine if the doing and why they are doing it. goods have equal value, and either make the trade or not.) BUILD BACKGROUND Invite students to consider how they would get the things they wanted or PAGE 4 In bartering, what must both people needed if there was no money in the world. agree on? (People must agree that their goods Ask students if they have ever traded or have equal value.) swapped something for something else. Tell PAGE 5 Why didn’t the colonists use European students that this is called bartering, an act money in America? (There were no stores they will read and learn about in the book. or banks.) PREVIEW/USE TEXT FEATURES Invite students to PAGE 9 Why did the farmers need to grow take a picture walk through the illustrations. extra crops? (Farmers used these extra crops Ask students how the illustrations give clues to barter for things they couldn’t make or grow.) to what the book might be about. Direct students’ attention to page 12 and the PAGE 10 Why did the colonists start using thought balloon drawn over the girl’s head. paper money? (It was easier to carry than Ask: What do you think is happening crops or livestock.) in this particular photograph? How might Why do you think bartering still goes it relate to the topic of the book? PAGE 12 on today? (Possible responses: people do not always have money; bartering is fun.) 16 It’s A Fair Swap!