Summary
Mark explains, over an unapologetically 80s backing track, what money is and what people do with it. Earning, spending, saving, and prices. A clean opener for a financial-literacy lesson.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Three quick questions to run after the short.
- What do people use money for?
- Why would someone save money instead of spending it?
- What is something you would save up for?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: money, save, spend, price.
Try it: Draw something you would save for and write how many weeks it might take.