A trade fair is a great way to get students involved in class. Creating real life situations that happened in history helps make history real for students.
In our class, each student brought in something that they made, like food or a craft, or some things from around the house that they just didn't need anymore. I chose to bring some things in that could be useful to a future teacher. I bought a few sets of addition and subtraction flash cards and mini dry erase boards. I also brought some children's books that I had around my house.
If you are planning to do a trade fair with your students, you have to make sure that you spend some time going over the rules of a trade fair. Obviously with grade school students, you need to tell them that they have to ask their parent's permission before they bring anything to school. They also need to use manners and be polite to the other students even if they don't want to trade for what they have.
A trade fair can be a great experience, but there is a lot of planning that needs to be done before you can do it. It is also really important to know your class well and know if they would be able to handle the freedom of doing an activity like this.
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