This Grade 2 Social Studies worksheet helps students explore trade and barter, which means swapping goods without using money. Grade 2 learners sort scenarios into trade versus not a trade, then complete fill-in-the-blank and true or false questions. They learn how people long ago exchanged sandwiches, toys, and tools fairly, building a base for understanding why money was later invented by communities.
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Economic Choices
Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
Swapping two stickers for a pencilPaying five dollars for a bookTrading a sandwich for an apple at lunchBuying milk with coins at the storeGiving a friend a toy car for a marbleUsing a debit card to get shoesExchanging a crayon for an eraserHanding money to a cashier for candy
Trade/Barter
Not a Trade
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Swapping one thing for another without money is called barter.
2. Long ago, people traded things before money was invented.
3. When you give a pencil for a sticker, you made a fair trade.
4. In a trade, both people should feel the swap is fair.
5. Trading an apple for an orange is an example of barter.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. Barter means trading without using money.
True False
2. Paying four dollars for a book is an example of barter.
True False
3. A fair trade feels good to both people.
True False
4. You must use coins to trade or barter.
True False
Economic Choices
★ Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
Swapping two stickers for a pencilPaying five dollars for a bookTrading a sandwich for an apple at lunchBuying milk with coins at the storeGiving a friend a toy car for a marbleUsing a debit card to get shoesExchanging a crayon for an eraserHanding money to a cashier for candy
Trade/Barter
Not a Trade
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) Swapping one thing for another without money is called barter.
2) Long ago, people traded things before money was invented.
3) When you give a pencil for a sticker, you made a fair trade.
4) In a trade, both people should feel the swap is fair.
5) Trading an apple for an orange is an example of barter.
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) Barter means trading without using money.
True
False
2) Paying four dollars for a book is an example of barter.
True
False
3) A fair trade feels good to both people.
True
False
4) You must use coins to trade or barter.
True
False
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