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Why Use Money? Getting What We Need

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Students learn the difference between purchase, barter, and payment for service, then explore how the Akan and North African people used a barter system to exchange gold and salt. They identify the most efficient ways of procuring your everyday needs.

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akan, barter system, social studies
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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