Cashing in on Students' Interest in Money: World Currency as a Motivator in the Social Studies Classroom.

Armstrong, David G.; Burlbaw, Lynn M.

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Publication Date: 1991

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Cashing in on Students' Interest in Money: World Currency as a Motivator in the Social Studies Classroom.

Armstrong, David G.; Burlbaw, Lynn M.

Social Studies, v82 n4 p143-47 Jul-Aug 1991

Presents classroom activities using banknotes to teach history and social studies. Suggests that students' interest in money can be utilized to teach about geography, national heroes, symbolism, and the image a nation wishes to present to its citizens and the rest of the world. Lists sources for obtaining banknotes and directories to help identify them. (DK)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction, History Instruction, Imagery, Inferences, Learning Activities, Learning Motivation, Monetary Systems, Social Studies, Student Interests, Symbolism

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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