⚓ The Triangular Trade

A Colonial Trading Simulation · 8th Grade American Studies
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Choose Your Class

Five regions. Twenty-eight goods apiece. One winner. Be the first region to secure every item on your secret needs list.

Games save on this laptop as you play. End Day also writes a backup file; keep those — they are the only copy anywhere.

Awaiting Orders
Press “Test Voyage” to preview a ship crossing and a chance card.
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⚓ Welcome aboard. The Atlantic awaits…

📖 Regional Readings

Each region opens at its team's level · switch with Level 0–3 above 🖨 Printable readings / PDF

🏁 Final Reckoning

Standings, the debrief, and the reflection

👥 Muster the Crews

Drag a name, or use its “move to” menu · click the role icon to cycle ⚓ Harbormaster → 🤝 Merchant → 🧭 Captain · double-click a name to rename

The file is read on this laptop and goes nowhere. The game keeps each student's first name, last initial and reading version (for suggesting teams); student IDs, scores and everything else in the file are dropped as it is read.

Add names by hand

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Waiting for the Dock…
The board appears here as soon as the teacher's laptop is ready.
Projector view