Why Money?
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- Title
- Why Money?
- Reserve Bank
- Philadelphia
Summary
Students participate in a trading simulation to learn about barter and the benefits of using money. Working in pairs, students receive information cards on different forms of money used during U.S. history and identify specific problems with each.
Additional Information
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Lesson Plans |
| Topic |
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Money |
| Target Audience |
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Teachers |
| Grade Level |
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5-8 |
| Keywords |
| money, barter, coincidence of wants, commodity money, representative money, fiat money, characteristics of money, functions of money |
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