Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

I'll Trade You Dollars for Taka

This lesson was created for students from seventh to tenth grade and was designed for students to become familiar with currencies of different countries.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Human Geography

Economics

Mathematics

Theme

Economic

Cultural/Social

21st Century Universal Constructs

Critical Thinking

Complex Communication

Region

United States

North America

Bangladesh

Asia

Five Themes of Geography

Place

Region

Common Core Standards

Speaking and Listening Standards (SL)

National Geographic Standards

4. The physical and human characteristics of places

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 2. Understand how physical and human characteristics create and define regions