Independent Research Group

Project
Create your own Trading Company.
Creating a Trading Company
• Between 1750 - 1900 we see a rise in Trading Companies expanding
across the globe.
• This is the beginning of true globalization as empires supply their
colonies materials for the worlds demands.
• These companies are stock investment companies that buy and sell
products all over the world.
• Two famous examples are:
• The British East India Trading Company.
• The Dutch East India Trading Company.
Who can you choose?
• There are 6 choices:
• Each choice has strengths and weaknesses historically.
• Make sure that your trading company is historically accurate to both
the time period and the state.

• Britain China
• France Brazil.
• United States Japan
What is Expected of you:
• You will be creating an investment pitch.
• What is it that you are trading?
• What you are buying and where from.
• What you are selling and where to.
• Labour/overheads.
• Expected cost.
• Expected profit.
• Length of journeys: time and distance.
• Risk assessment.
• How you will maximise Profit.
• State policies regarding trade and how you will work with them.
 Grading and assessment.
• You will submit a written pitch outlining your
prospective trading company.
• Successful pitches will be complete, historically
accurate, and require no further questioning.
• You will then be pitching your idea to ‘investors’
in the form of a presentation to the class.
• Each presentation will be 10-12 minutes long,
over a 2-day period, and selected at random.
• If you are using props, costumes, or just want to,
you can book a time to present in advance.
Advice and timeline.
• Your pitch will be due on 28th October.
• Only 3-4 students per group on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis.
• Please message me by Tuesday 15th saying which state you wish to
represent from best to worst.
• I need it as a message as I require the time stamp of when you each
made your choice. Message via Schoology only.
• Send your all of the names of your group members and the state you
wish to represent.
• Any help, advice, assistance that can be provided by your teacher is
freely available to you at any time.
During the project
• There will be two mandatory check-in’s by me during the project.
• 1st on the 18th when I will check the following:
• Sources.
• Information.
• Evaluation of source material.
• Meeting minutes – who was there, what was discussed, what was done in or
out of class.
• Inventory of all tradable commodities: everything you want, everything you
need.
• 2nd on the 25th.
• Rough draft.
• Progress questionnaire.
Once again, for clarity.
• Britain. China.
• France. Brazil.
• United States. Japan.
• You will be creating an investment pitch.
• This means that you will be expected to outline all of your expenses.
• What is it that you are trading?
• What you are buying and where from.
• What you are selling and where to.
• Labour/overheads.
• Expected cost.
• Expected profit.
• Length of journeys: time and distance.
• Risk assessment.
• Maximising Profit.
• State policies regarding trade and how you will work with them.