Dynamite dollar: link history and math by exploring the dollar bill with our fascinating reproducible and activities.Design a Dollar What would a dollar used on Mars look like? How about the currency Harry Potter uses in Diagon Alley? After exploring the Reproducible (below), invite kids to design a brand new bill for whatever theme you are studying. Ask students to brainstorm a list of people whose portrait might be featured on the bill. What will they depict on the back? How will they protect the bill from being counterfeited? Encourage children to create a personal "bank seal" that shows who issued their special currency. Once students are finished designing their bills, have them present them to the entire class and explain their symbolism Symbolism In art, a loosely organized movement that flourished in the 1880s and '90s and was closely related to the Symbolist movement in literature. In reaction against both Realism and Impressionism, Symbolist painters stressed art's subjective, symbolic, and decorative . Then display the money on a bulletin board or in a binder binder: see combine. An earlier Microsoft Office workbook file that let users combine related documents from different Office applications. The documents could be viewed, saved, opened, e-mailed and printed as a group. with plastic sheets for all to enjoy. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cool Cash Awards Bring the glitz glitz Informal n. Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" Peter G. Davis. tr.v. and glamour of the Academy Awards to your classroom by hosting an awards show for currency! First, visit http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/default.htm to find images of foreign bills, or, if possible, go to the exchange department of a local bank to collect actual bills. Then have students record similarities and differences between the bills (don't forget the U.S. dollar!) using categories such as color, size, and portraiture portraiture, the art of representing the physical or psychological likeness of a real or imaginary individual. The principal portrait media are painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography. From earliest times the portrait has been considered a means to immortality. . (A Venn diagram A graphic technique for visualizing set theory concepts using overlapping circles and shading to indicate intersection, union and complement. It was introduced in the late 1800s by English logician, John Venn, although it is believed that the method originated earlier. can help kids compare and contrast.) Next invite groups to each come up with a fun award, such as "Most Colorful" or "Best Portrait," and nominate a few bills for the category. Have the entire class vote, and ask each group to present its award--and not without dramatic pauses! To extend, discuss how students would redesign U.S. currency based on the award winners. Dollar Bill Memory Challenge (Using the Reproducible) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We see dollar bills all the time. But do we ever look closely at them? Explain to students that the dollar bill has many symbols and clues about the history of the United States “American history” redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. The United States of America is located in the middle of the North American continent, with Canada to the north and the United Mexican States to the south. . Ask students to think about what some of those symbols might be. Then give students ten minutes to draw a dollar bill from memory. When finished, have them compare their drawings with the actual bill on the Reproducible on page 46. After discussing what they remembered, added, or left out, have children take a tour of the dollar bill by answering the questions on the Reproducible. To extend, have children research additional images on the dollar bill, such as the bank seal and the two different signatures, online at www.moneyfactory.com. Bonus: Can they find the nine ways the 13 original colonies are represented on the bill? (Answer: Stars in the Treasury Department seal; stars above the eagle in the Great Seal; leaves on the olive branch olive branch symbol of peace and serenity. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Brewer Handbook; O.T.: Genesis, 8:11] See : Peace ; fruits on the olive branch; stripes on the shield; points on the arrows; letters in E Pluribus Unum E Pluribus Unum (ē pl  r`ĭbəs y `nəm) [Lat. ; steps on the pyramid; letters in the phrase above the pyramid.) Repro Answers 1. Seven. 2. Justice. 3. Seven. 4. War. 5. The pyramid is uncapped. 6. Answers will vary; the Presidential podium podium In architecture, a pedestal on a large scale. It may be any of various elements that form the base of a structure, such as the platform forming the floor and substructure of a Classical temple, a low wall supporting columns, or the structurally or decoratively . RELATED ARTICLE: REPRODUCIBLE: THE DOLLAR DISCOVER THE DOLLAR Did you know that many of the numbers and images on a dollar bill have a secret meaning? Discover a few of the dollar's mysteries by reading the facts below and answering the questions. Use another sheet of paper to write your answers. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] 1. Thirty-two bills are printed on a sheet in 4 columns of 8 rows. This letter shows the row of the bill; the number tells the column. How many bills came before this one? 2. The 13 tiny stars in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Treasury Seal represent the original colonies. The key represents security. What might the scale represent? 3. The letter after the serial number shows for how many printings that number has been used. A means once. How many times has this number been used? 4. The eagle holds an olive branch in one talon and arrows in the other. The olive branch represents peace. What do you think the arrows represent? 5. This side of the pyramid is dark because much of the West was unexplored when it was designed. What other clue shows the U.S. is still a growing country? 6. The two circular images on this side of the bill are the front and back of the Great Seal of the United States Great Seal of the United States: see United States, Great Seal of the. . Have you seen the Great Seal anywhere else? |
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