Summary
Before money, people traded goods directly - this for that. The song explains bartering and why money made trading easier.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Before money, people traded goods directly - this for that.
- What does it mean to barter?
- Why can trading without money be tricky?
- How does money make trading easier?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: barter, trade, money.
Try it: Describe a fair trade you could make with a classmate without using money.