The language of money

Topic Aims

From the programme of study for economic well-being at key stage 3:

1.4 Economic Understanding a. understanding the economic and business environment. b. understanding the functions and uses of money.

Learning Outcomes

Students consider how the language of money influences our lives.

Students complete review exercise for this topic.

Differentiate by learning style

Ask students to think of songs about money instead of sayings.

Differentiate by age or ability

All abilities should be able to contribute to this session.

Introduction

Remind the students of the previous work on money in this topic.

Activity:

Display the PowerPoint presentation. What do they think these sayings mean? The roots of the saying “pay through the nose” are obscure. Some sources say it goes back to medieval times, where thieves would have their noses slit as a punishment. The sayings relating to salt are said to go back to Roman times, where as part of their “salary” soldiers received salt as payment for their services. Ask them to come up with three other money-related sayings or proverbs in two minutes. Feedback with their ideas.