Teachers! Want a fun way to introduce your students to the Boomerang Box project and international trade?

Our downloadable classroom materials feature lessons plans geared to your grade level that include:

• Lesson plans about the basics of trade and transportation: why we trade, how we trade, and where we trade.
• Hands-on activities for your students including a container loading race, container stuffing math exercise, and mock sales visit to another country.
• Written assignments based on academic standards for your students, to help them polish their reading and writing skills as they learn.
• Tips on using the Boomerang Box Web site with your class.

Click here for a gallery of photos about international trade.

Grades 2-3 — Click here to download “Introduction to International Trade”

Grades 4-5 — Click here to download “Introduction to International Trade”