Ritz ESL4 "The History of Money"

Ritz ESL4 "The History of Money"

Open Ended

Essential: What has been the role of money over time?

Fill in the Blanks

What is the root word of the word

market place

Open Ended

What is a marketplace?

Multiple Choice

What is the synonym that means almost the same thing as merchandise?

• buyer

• store

• goods

Multiple Choice

In a system of economics where people barter for things, what do they do?

Choose the correct answer

• They trade for things.

• They use paper money to buy things.

Poll

To make money, which would you invest your money?

• A shop that sells lemonade

• A shop that sells bubble tea

• Buy a Nintendo Switch

• Buy shares of Nintendo

• Buy a house

Open Ended

What question would you ask an entrepreneur?

Poll

Which entrepreneurs have created a product that you use often?

• Elon Musk

• Shigeru Miyamoto

• Larry Page And Sergey Brin

• Jeff Bezos

Poll

Which entrepreneurs have created a product that you use often?

• Markus "Notch" Persson

• Cher Wang

• Lee Hae-jin

• Allen Chao

Open Ended

List a country that you have travelled to, or would travel to if you were a global traveler.

Open Ended

What kind of transaction can you make at a bank?

Poll

Which currency do you most often use?

• NT$

• $

• ¥ Yen

• ¥ RMB

• € Euro

Fill in the Blanks

High Utility Words p. 367

Comparative endings -er and -est

Write the sentence in the text that contains the word

closest

Multiple Choice

Check all following adjectives that are in the passage on p. 367

• close

• closer

• closest

Fill in the Blanks

High Utility Words p. 367

Comparative endings -er and -est

Write the sentence in the text that contains the word

smaller

Multiple Choice

Check all following adjectives that are in the passage on p. 367

• small

• smaller

• smallest

Fill in the Blanks

High Utility Words p. 367

Comparative endings -er and -est

Write the sentence in the text that contains the word

faster

Multiple Choice

Check all following adjectives that are in the passage on p. 367

• fast

• faster

• fastest

Fill in the Blanks

High Utility Words p. 367

Comparative endings -er and -est

Write the sentence in the text that contains the word

smartest

Multiple Choice

Check all following adjectives that are in the passage on p. 367

• smart

• smarter

• smartest

Fill in the Blanks

High Utility Words p. 367

Comparative endings -er and -est

Write the sentence in the text that contains the word

easier

Multiple Choice

Check all following adjectives that are in the passage on p. 367

• easy

• easier

• easiest

Open Ended

p. 369 Organization

What details in the second paragraph name an early system of economics and when and where people used it?

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p. 369 Expand Vocabulary

Something that is durable is strong and doesn't wear out.

Which phrase means durable?

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p. 369 Comprehension

Which sentences give key details about how an entrepreneur grows a business?

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p. 370 Organization

What is the date that metal coins first appeared?

When did gold and silver coins become popular in Europe and the Middle East?

Open Ended

p. 369 Expand Vocabulary

Something that is durable is strong and doesn't wear out.

Why was important that cowrie shells be durable?

Open Ended

p. 370 Comprehension

What key details describe metal coins when they first appeared in China?

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p. 371 Comprehension

What key detail in the section 'Paper Money' tells why and when paper money was developed?

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p. 371 Organization

What heading tells how we use money today?

Open Ended

p. 371 Organization

Review all the headings, then write them in a list.

How is the information in the this text organized?

Open Ended

p. 370 Expand Vocabulary

When something emerges, it appears or becomes known.

Where did metal coins first emerge?

Open Ended

p. 371 Expand Vocabulary

Something that represents another thing takes the place of it.

What details tell what paper money originally represented?

Open Ended

What was the problem with bartering, or trading for goods, at a marketplace?

Open Ended

What made currency an easier way to buy and sell?

Open Ended

How could currency be used for investing?

Open Ended

Essential: What has been the role of money over time?

Open Ended

p. 371 Comprehension

What key detail in the section 'Paper Money' tells why and when paper money was developed?

Open Ended

p. 370 Comprehension

What key details describe metal coins when they first appeared in China?