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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.










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