Core Trade
Core Trade is a curriculum strand within Trade — a thread that runs across grades and deepens each year.
Entity profile
Every node stores the same attribute set, which is why the hierarchy can grow without new templates.
Strand
Depth 2 in the graph
economics/trade/core-trade
8,944
48 topics · 1,440 concepts · 7,200 micro-concepts
Units
Every unit below is a full entity with its own skills, objectives, misconceptions and resource set.
Core Trade: Building Blocks
Core Trade: Building Blocks is a unit of teaching within Core Trade, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Core Trade: Methods
Core Trade: Methods is a unit of teaching within Core Trade, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Core Trade: Problem Solving
Core Trade: Problem Solving is a unit of teaching within Core Trade, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Core Trade: Review
Core Trade: Review is a unit of teaching within Core Trade, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Skills and learning objectives
Skills hang off the entity; objectives hang off the skill; activities and assessment hang off the objective.
Explain core trade
UnderstandExplain core trade accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Explain core trade independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Explain the reasoning behind core trade using correct vocabulary.
Activities — Talk-through with a partner · Write a model answer · AI Tutor Socratic session
Assessment — Extended written response, levelled
Calculate core trade
ApplyCalculate core trade accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Calculate core trade independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Compare core trade
AnalyseCompare core trade accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Compare core trade independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Explain the reasoning behind core trade using correct vocabulary.
Activities — Talk-through with a partner · Write a model answer · AI Tutor Socratic session
Assessment — Extended written response, levelled
Justify core trade
EvaluateJustify core trade accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Justify core trade independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Semantic relationships
Prerequisite and related edges are what make this a graph rather than a menu.
- Foundations of TradeStrand
- MacroeconomicsDomain
Misconceptions
Stored on the entity so worksheets, quizzes and lesson plans all target the same known errors.
Learners over-generalise a special case of core trade to every situation.
Correction — Present a deliberate non-example and ask why the rule fails.
Students treat core trade as a rule to memorise rather than a relationship to understand.
Correction — Anchor the rule in a visual model first, then abstract it — the model is the explanation.
Curriculum alignment
Curricula, boards and countries are data — adding one never changes the architecture.
EDE-397.1
Mapped statement covering Core Trade.
CBS-424.2
Mapped statement covering Core Trade.
What comes next
Curriculum order is an edge in the graph, so every entity knows the step that follows it.
Applied Trade
Applied Trade is a curriculum strand within Trade — a thread that runs across grades and deepens each year.
Trade in Assessment
Trade in Assessment is a curriculum strand within Trade — a thread that runs across grades and deepens each year.
Demand and Supply
Demand and Supply is a major domain within Economics, grouping the strands that share the same underlying ideas and methods.
Market Structures
Market Structures is a major domain within Economics, grouping the strands that share the same underlying ideas and methods.
Difficulty ladder
The same entity, six levels of demand — easy through to olympiad and exam level.
Scaffolded first attempt with worked support.
Standard curriculum demand, unscaffolded.
Multi-step questions and unfamiliar contexts.
Stretch tasks that need reasoning, not recall.
Competition-style problems built on the same idea.
Board-styled questions with mark schemes.
Learning intent
Not every visitor wants the same thing. Each intent routes to the resource that actually does that job.
Audience views
Core Trade in Grade 3, surfaced differently for each reader.
AI Tutor context chain
Open the tutor from here and it already knows where you are — this is the sequence it recommends.
- 01Prerequisite lessonfoundations of trade
- 02Video explanationCore Trade modelled end to end
- 03Interactive practiceAnswer on screen with instant checking
- 04QuizTen graded items with hints
- 05FlashcardsRetrieval on a 14-day schedule
- 06Common mistakesThe misconceptions stored on this node
- 07Harder worksheetSame concept, exam-level demand
- 08Past paper questionsBoard questions on this concept
- 09Mock testTimed, marked, with feedback
- 10Book a tutorOne-to-one on exactly this gap
Free Core Trade resources
Every format below is a free, standalone page generated from this entity — 53 of them, all interlinked.
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Connected resources
30 resource types are generated for Core Trade automatically — the graph never produces an entity without them.
Concept Explanation
The idea itself, explained from first principles.
Lesson
A taught sequence with modelling and checks for understanding.
Real Life Examples
Where the idea shows up outside school.
Common Mistakes
The misconceptions and how to correct them.
AI Tutor
Socratic one-to-one practice on this exact idea.
Quiz
Graded retrieval with hints and explanations.
Question Bank
Every question filtered to this entity.
MCQs
Multiple choice items with distractor analysis.
True or False
Fast misconception checks.
Fill in the Blanks
Cloze items for vocabulary and method.
Matching
Pair terms, models and definitions.
Short Questions
One to three mark responses.
Long Questions
Extended responses with method marks.
Exam Questions
Board-styled questions and command words.
Past Papers
Authentic papers filtered to this entity.
Solved Papers
Full worked solutions and examiner notes.
Frequently asked
- What sits underneath Core Trade in the knowledge graph?
- 0 domains, 0 strands, 4 units, 12 chapters, 48 topics, 240 subtopics, 1,440 concepts and 7,200 micro-concepts — every one of them carrying its own worksheets, quizzes, flashcards, lesson plans and AI tutoring.
- What should a learner already know before Core Trade?
- The graph lists Foundations of Trade, Macroeconomics as prerequisites. Each links to its own practice so a gap can be closed before moving on.
- Which grades is Core Trade taught in?
- Typically Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, though every resource can be regenerated for any grade in the platform.
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