The Origins of Money
Author Frederick Kaufman looked at the history and origins of money. He discussed the earliest forms of money and how different cultures developed money.
Description
Author Frederick Kaufman looked at the history and origins of money. He discussed the earliest forms of money and how different cultures developed currency.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What is meant by the barter system?
- What did anthropologist and ethnographers find when they tried to research the barter system in more primitive societies?
- What do you think Mr. Kaufman means when he describes money as the “magic of plenty”?
- Describe the first money discovered by archeologists.
- Based on these descriptions, how are early systems of money and currency similar to today?
Additional Resource
Participants
Vocabulary
- Amulet
- Anthropologist
- Archeologists
- Barter System
- Currency
- Prehistoric