What’s in Your Pocket? A History of Money (Family: High Cognitive)

What’s in Your Pocket? A History of Money turns the story of money into a fast-moving adventure through power, invention, collapse, and reinvention. Spellers follow money from ancient electrum coins stamped with lion heads to the first paper notes in China, from Sweden’s financial crises to England’s rise as a banking empire, from the birth of Bitcoin to the digital battles shaping the world today. The lesson dives into obsession, trust, corruption, belief, and the way money fuels empires, topples governments, and rewires civilization. 
 
This lesson is designed for High Cognitive Champs (ages 8ish and up). It offers fun yet stimulating content, background knowledge questions, 3-Board AND 26 board Orange Questions, advanced math problems, one-word answer pink questions,  and broad pink questions. Ideal for encouraging deep discussions, critical thinking, and spelling skills while learning about a fascinating topic.