Instructional Video9:29
Be Smart

The History of Money (From Barter To Bitcoin)

12th - Higher Ed
Money. We all use it. But is it real? I mean, you can touch a coin or bill, but who decided that’s worth anything? And what about all those 1’s and 0’s getting swapped and traded by computers thousands of times per second? How are those...
Instructional Video1:54
ACDC Leadership

Functions of Money- Macro Topic 4.3

12th - Higher Ed
A quick reminder of the fuctions of money: medium of exchange, store of value, and unit of account.
Instructional Video3:00
Curated Video

The History of Money: From Barter System to Banks

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Explore the evolution of money from its origins in the barter system to the development of commodity money, representative money, and eventually fiat money. Understand the functions of money in the economy and how different forms of...
Instructional Video1:32
ACDC Leadership

3 Functions of Money

12th - Higher Ed
A quick reminder of the fuctions of money: medium of exchange, store of value, and unit of account.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Commodity Money vs. Fiat Money

9th - 10th
This video [8:18] is a brief look at how money has evolved over time from being printed on valuable substances (commodity money), to merely representing those valuable substances (commodity-backed money), to not representing anything at...