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Students examine the basic need for money and the circular flow of resources between households, businesses, government, and financial institutions. They discover how money gets into circulation and how it facilitates the production of goods and services by listening to the "life of a dollar bill".

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circulation, goods and services, money

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circulation, goods, money, services, social studies
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Grade
4th - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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