Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.
Discuss uses of hammer
Objective: Children will see Jenny as a human resource and her hammer as the product of human resource.
Activity: Teacher-led discussion of the trading in the song. Elicit from children their own experiences with trading: were their own trades always fair (equal merchandise exchanged?)
Chant the “Bartering Chant”
Bartering means trading
trading means exchange
If I have something
and you have something
we’re both willing to trade.
That’s bartering, that’s bartering,
let’s barter and exchange.
Assessment: Student involvement in discussion and enjoyment of chant.