Chapter 1: Down the Rabbit Hole: Starting My Card Collection

Activity 1: First Ever Card

Chapter 2: Ancient Origins of Collecting

Spotlight 1: Most Expensive Pokémon Card Ever Sold

Spotlight 2: An Expensive Sports Card with a Dramatic History

Chapter 3: Cuneiform

Spotlight 3: Most Expensive Cigarette Card Ever Sold

Activity 2: Make Your Own Card Gallery: The Easy Way

Trading Words 1: The Queen of Hearts Poem

Chapter 4: Paper

Spotlight 4: Largest Card Collection in the World

Activity 3: Make Your Own Cards

Activity 4: Art Card Trades

Spotlight 5: My Favorite Cards

Trading Words 3: Baseball’s Sad Lexicon

Chapter 5: Other Cards, to Play and Trade

Activity 5: Copy Your Favorite Card (i.e. Don’t Break the Bank)

Chapter 6: The Rise of Cigarette Cards

Trading Words 3: Haiku

Chapter 7: Cartes de Visite

Activity 6: Ask a Collector

Spotlight 6: What is an ACEO? eBay and the ACEO marketplace

Trading Words 4: Casey at the Bat

Activity 7: Make Your Own Trading Words

Chapter 8: The Rise of Baseball Cards

Trading Words 5: Ripping Packs

Activity 8: Make Your Own “Sports” Card

Spotlight 7: The Met Baseball Card Collection

Chapter 9: The Collapse and Resurgence of the Card Market

Spotlight 8: Teaching Cards

Chapter 10: New Cards Enter the Market: Magic: The Gathering

Trading Words 6: Ura-garuta

Activity 9: Ephemera Cards

Spotlight 9: Amazing Magic Collection

Chapter 11: The Reign of Pokémon

Spotlight 10: Epic Pokémon Card Collection

Activity 10: Make Your Own Magical Creature

Chapter 12: A New Generation of Cards