Trade Colonization and Resistance
Match the cards using the notes about Trade, Colonization, Alliance and Resistance.
About 15 minutes, plus any extended practice
Supplied materials
- Paper and pencil; drawing or spoken answers are welcome.
- Topic notes: Trade: an exchange of goods or services. Colonization: settlement and imposed political control over a place and its people. Alliance: coordination between groups for stated shared aims. Resistance: actions challenging imposed control.
- Original exercise cards: A fictional historical-style card describes exchanged products. / A historical description names foreign settlement and imposed rule. / A classroom card describes two groups coordinating defense. / A historical description identifies opposition to forced removal. / A description identifies outside control of land and institutions. / A card describes an agreement to support a shared goal. / A card describes people refusing imposed domination. / A supplied classroom card describes an agreed exchange of tools and food.
Learn the idea
An encounter could involve trade, colonization, alliance or resistance. Trade exchanges goods; colonization imposes settlement and control; an alliance coordinates selected aims; resistance challenges domination. These categories do not make unequal power disappear. Specific evidence is needed to describe any particular encounter.
Trade: an exchange of goods or services. Colonization: settlement and imposed political control over a place and its people. Alliance: coordination between groups for stated shared aims. Resistance: actions challenging imposed control.
Look for exchange, settlement with imposed control, cooperation for a shared aim or opposition to imposed control. Read the notes and the word cards. You can write, draw or say your answer.
- Read the four notes. Find the words Trade, Colonization, Alliance, Resistance.
- Look for exchange, settlement with imposed control, cooperation for a shared aim or opposition to imposed control.
- Read the worked answer. Then try the other cards and explain which words helped you choose.
- Choose two different examples: one for Trade and one for Colonization. Explain how their clues differ.
See the method in action
Worked example: The card says: “A fictional historical-style card describes exchanged products.” That matches Trade. Trade is an exchange of goods or services. Compare the note for Alliance: Alliance is coordination between groups for stated shared aims. That is a different clue.
Check your reasoning
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Helpful tips
- Look for exchange, settlement with imposed control, cooperation for a shared aim or opposition to imposed control.
- If you are unsure, ask an adult to read the card again. Match what this card says; do not add a new event or detail.
See the answer and explanation
Colonization
The card says: “A historical description names foreign settlement and imposed rule.” That matches Colonization. Colonization is settlement and imposed political control over a place and its people.
Take it further
New card: “A supplied classroom card describes an agreed exchange of tools and food.” Match it with a note, then point to or say the words that helped. Check: The card says: “A supplied classroom card describes an agreed exchange of tools and food.” That matches Trade. Trade is an exchange of goods or services.
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