Shells, Stones and Coins: teacher key

Money, grade 2 edition, written for 2nd grade. Money is what people use to buy things. Find out what people did before money, and the shells, stone discs, tobacco, coins and paper money they used after.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What is barter?
   • Printing money
   • Trading things you have for things you want (answer)
   • Saving money in a bank
2. What did people on the island of Yap use as money?
   • Gold coins
   • Paper bills
   • Huge stone discs (answer)
3. Where did people use tobacco as money?
   • Early Virginia (answer)
   • Fort Worth
   • Lydia
4. Who invented coins?
   • People in China
   • The ancient Lydians (answer)
   • Sellers in Texas
5. Where is U.S. paper money printed?
   • Only on the island of Yap
   • In a bank
   • In Washington, D.C., and Fort Worth, Texas (answer)
6. Which of these did people use as money?
   • Cowrie shells (answer)
   • Ice cream
   • Raindrops

Words

• barter: trading things
• cowrie: small white shell
• discs: flat round things
• tobacco: a leafy plant
• bank: safe money place