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Behind Closed Doors with Joan Lunden

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Students explore making of US currency and need to safeguard it from potential counterfeiters and fraud. They explore how money gets from the government into our pockets and see the different jobs necessary to make, distribute and protect US money.

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5th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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