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Mini-project
o Find a currency converter on the Internet. How much are these in your money?
£1 (one British pound) = ............... .. $1 (one US dollar) =
o Look at these prices from the past. Use a calculator to find out how much these
things cost in the currency of your country today.
Example You live in Singapore. The currency in Singapore is the Singapore dollar
(SGO)' £1 00 = 303 SGO
The first mobile costs £1 ,864. In today's money: 5588.97 SGO
Prices
England -1984:
(In today'. money):
The first mobile phones costs £1,864.
A computer costs about £4,OQO .
. A video recorder costs about £525.
USA -1900: Prices
(in today'. money):
A worker's salary per year is
about $550
A teacher's income per year is
about $2.000
The rent for a flat (2-3 rooms)
was $6 per month
o Find out about prices in the past in your country. Ask a parent, aunt or uncle, or
grandparent the following questions .
• How much was their first flat/house? • How much was their first television?
• How much was their first car? • How much was their first salary?
Europe around 1500: Sweden Southeast Asia and Today:
around Africa before 1900:
In this picture you can More and more people do not use
1660:
see how people are People use cowry banknotes or coins. They use plastic
making coins in the The Bank of shells for money. money (bank cards and credit cards).
1500. Sweden prints
the first paper
money in
Europe.
UNIT 11