Workers and Their Paychecks

🌍Mission Brief #24

Workers do many jobs to help us.

🎯 Your mission

Follow the money. Then follow the choices.

⚡ The twist

Money is just a story everyone agrees to believe.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 Money used to be made of cocoa beans, salt, and even giant stones.

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Then & Now

💱 This is happening in your local store every single day.

Workers do many jobs to help us. They earn paychecks for their work. A paycheck is money they receive for helping others. Some workers help us by teaching, making food, or fixing things. When we earn money, we can buy things we need.

Key Facts

Workers earn paychecks for their jobs.

A paycheck is money for work.

Workers help us in many ways.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What do workers earn for their jobs?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Why this still matters

The next time you spend $1, ask: who else benefited besides you?

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find two products that look similar but cost very different. Why?

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For the dinner table

“If you had $20 to start a business, what would you sell?”

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