Welcome to the Consumer Economics Page
BONUS Go on a Scavenger Hunt! Check out the Federal Reserve Website http:// www.FederalReserveEducation.org
(Click on "Feds" website under "Useful Links" at the bottom of this page)
*Look under the category "Web Curriculum"
* Then, go to the topic "Our Money" and read "The History of Money", "The Face of U.S. Currency", and "Counterfeit Protection"
Now answer the following questions:
A. What are some items people have used as money and why?
B. Who were the first people to make paper money?
C. What does the letter "D" on your money stand for?
D. Whose portrait is on the $50 bill?
E. What are 2 ways our currency is protected from counterfeiters?
To receive your bonus points, email the answers to me or bring them to class. Good Luck!
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