What Makes Something Useful as Money?
Explain what makes something useful as money.
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Lessons & Activities
31-45 min
Building Block Barter Lesson
OVERVIEW
Do your elementary students like to build with plastic blocks? Get them excited with this hands-on lesson about bartering and the characteristics of money. Students will participate in a simulation in which they barter to obtain plastic building blocks to make a structure described by the teacher. A second round of trading is conducted using “money” to teach students about the advantages of using money versus barter.
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Introduce forms of money used by different cultures throughout history.
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Learn about money, money substitutes, and barter.
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Fifty Nifty Econ Cards
Use these vocabulary cards in your classroom to make economics and personal finance fun!
