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- 6th - 12th
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Students investigate the old currencies used by the twelve countries adopting the euro in 2002. They explore the national identity of those countries through the symbols preserved on the 'national face' of the new euro currency. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students examine paper currency for its artistic value. They design their own piece of currency based on the artistic methods used in the design of real money. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students examine state quarters to identify symbols that represent national and regional identity. They discuss the process used to determine what is put on the quarter. They review colonial money, and euros to look for cultural images. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students explore the traditions related to the creation of national currencies. The role currency plays in shaping a national or regional identity and the influences that the designers of world currency exert are examined in this lesson. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study the global economy and foreign currency exchange transactions. They apply the foreign currency exchange table to see the effect that supply and demand has on the dollar's value in relation to foreign currencies. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students are able to explain why international trade requires a system for exchanging currency among nations and provide examples of currencies from Europe and the Americas. They are told that they are going to watch a skit acted out by some of their classmates. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students examine the life span of various currency denominations from Australia. They analyze a diagram of the life cycle of Australian currency, and complete a worksheet that involves describing how an Australian $5 note is passed from person to person, linking three chains of events and determining the total amount of time it takes for the events to take plass. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students gain an understanding of currency or the type of money exchange. They explain the different types of currency in the U.S. and how they originated. They share any foreign currency that they may have with their group. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in a simulation game to discover the role of banks in creating checkbook money through lending practices. They play a lending and borrowing game and use a money multipiler equation to solve problems associated with cash infusion from new reserves. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students research the Spanish influence on early colonial America and the process of establishing the present U.S. currency. They read and discuss an informational handout in small groups, and take a short quiz. Students then examine different exchange rates, and convert the price of an item from U.S. currency to another country's currency. Full Review »
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