{"id":52,"date":"2005-11-15T14:27:15","date_gmt":"2005-11-15T13:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/WordPress\/2006\/11\/15\/the-trading-game\/"},"modified":"2006-03-05T16:20:09","modified_gmt":"2006-03-05T15:20:09","slug":"the-trading-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/the-trading-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trading Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uploaded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/yr9_trading_game\/frameset.htm\">The Trading Game<\/a> &#8211; an interactive simulation designed to teach students about what continents trade which goods, and what sorts of factors can encourage or hinder international trade. Could be used as a follow-up to a study of the British Empire, or as a cross-curricular link with the Geography theme of Globalisation. I would really appreciate some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/feedbackform.htm\">feedback<\/a> if you have any ideas about how this could be improved or adapted. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uploaded The Trading Game &#8211; an interactive simulation designed to teach students about what continents trade which goods, and what sorts of factors can encourage or hinder international trade. Could be used as a follow-up to a study of the British Empire, or as a cross-curricular link with the Geography theme of Globalisation. I would&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/the-trading-game\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history-teachers","category-uncategorized","category-year-9-history"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4718,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/year-7-history\/trading-scenarios-along-the-silk-road-teacher-answers\/","url_meta":{"origin":52,"position":0},"title":"Trading scenarios along the Silk Road: Teacher Answers","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"May 24, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Trading scenarios along the Silk Road: can you make a profit? \"The Silk Road developed into an amazingly complex trading network through the work of individual traders eager not just to obtain the things they needed and wanted, but to sell these on at a higher price to make a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;1000-1450 (Year 7 History)&quot;","block_context":{"text":"1000-1450 (Year 7 History)","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/category\/historical-periods\/medieval\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/explorers_silk_road-1024x385.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/explorers_silk_road-1024x385.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/explorers_silk_road-1024x385.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/explorers_silk_road-1024x385.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4610,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/year-7-history\/the-silk-roads-online-adventure-game\/","url_meta":{"origin":52,"position":1},"title":"The Silk Roads: Online Adventure Game","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"December 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A brand new simulation game, complete with a detailed worksheet and extension tasks, designed as part of my ongoing project to bring more non-European history into my classroom. 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