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Basic Economics

Basic Economics. Learning about money. Currency. Money comes in two forms paper and coins. . Are there other forms of currency?. Who is on the dollar bill?. Paper Money. George Washington. Abraham Lincoln. Alexander Hamilton. Andrew Jackson. Ulysses S. Grant. Benjamin Franklin. =. =.

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Basic Economics

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  1. Basic Economics Learning about money

  2. Currency Money comes in two forms paper and coins. Are there other forms of currency? Who is on the dollar bill?

  3. Paper Money George Washington Abraham Lincoln Alexander Hamilton Andrew Jackson Ulysses S. Grant Benjamin Franklin

  4. = = = = Money Math 1 cent = 5 cents 10 cents 25 cents 1 dollar Are there any other coins you can think of?

  5. Other Coins Half-Dollar = 50 cents = Gold Dollar = 1 dollar = Silver Dollar = 1 dollar =

  6. = = = = Money Math Are there any other combinations you can think of?

  7. Bartering Before money was created, people used to barter, or trade, to get all the things they needed.  Here, the farmer is trading with the baker.  The farmer has many items from the farm, but does not have time to bake.   The baker needs items from the farm, and so trades baked goods, such as bread, for farm goods, such as carrots.  Now both people can have everything they need. How do you decide how many breads equals one carrot? What if the baker only needs one carrot, but for one bread gets four carrots?  Then those carrots would be wasted. 

  8. Why was money created? Money was created to solve the problems found in the barter system. What if the farmer does not want anything from the baker? What other things do you think people traded? How does money solve the bartering problem?

  9. Spend, Save, or Share There are three main things that we may do with our money:  spend money, save money, or share money with others. What is your favorite thing you like to do with your money? Why would you save money? Why would you share money?

  10. Receiving Money Before we can spend, save, or share our money, we need to get money.  How do you think we can get money? Some ways we get money include doing work, getting money as a gift, or getting an allowance from your parents. Where do you get money?

  11. Goods One type of thing we can spend money on is called goods.  Goods are what you can touch and feel, like toys, food, clothes, and books. What type of goods do you spend your money on? What type of goods do your parents spend their money on?

  12. Services Things that you can buy that you can't touch or feel are called services.  Services are such things as getting your car washed, or seeing a movie. What other types of services can you think of?

  13. Supply One of the most basic concepts of economics is Supply and Demand. These are really two separate things, but they are almost always talked about together. Supply is how much of something is available. If you have 9 baseball cards, then your supplyof baseball cards is 9. If you have 6 apples, then your supply of apples is 6.

  14. Demand Demand is how much of something people want. Measuring demandis just like measuring supply. If 8 people want baseball cards, then we can say that the demandfor baseball cards is 8. If 6 people want apples, then we can say that the demandfor apples is 6.

  15. Supply and Demand Generally speaking, the supply of something will go up if the demand goes up. The price will go up too. Why? Because the seller thinks he or she can get more money for whatever he or she is selling. In the same way, the supply will go down when the demand goes down. The price will go down too.

  16. Lesson Review 1. What are the two types of money? 2. Which coin is worth 1 cent? 5 cents? 10 cents? 25 cents? 3. What is bartering? 4. What are the three things we can do with money? 5. How can you get money? 6. What is a good? 7. What is a service? 8. What does supply mean? 9. What does demand mean? 10. How do supply and demand work together?

  17. LessonReviewAnswers 1. What are the two types of money? Paper money and coins 2. Which coin is worth 1 cent? 5 cents? 10 cents? 25 cents? Penny, Nickel, Dime, Quarter 3. What is bartering? Trading items 4. What are the three things you can do with money? Spend it, save it, share it 5. How can you get money? By doing work, getting money as a gift, or getting an allowance from your parents. 6. What is a good? Goods are what you can touch and feel, like toys, food, clothes, and books

  18. Lesson Review Answers 7. What is a service? Things that you can buy that you can't touch or feel are called services 8. What does supply mean? Supply is how much of something is available. 9. What does demand mean? Demandis how much of something people want. 10. How do supply and demand work together? When the demandfor something is high the supply goes up too. When the demand for something goes down the supply goes down too.

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