Money

•Do you ever wonder where your money comes from? Or what happens to it after you spend it? Lets find out.

• My name is Dennis the dollar bill. And I want to show you what my life is like.

• Before I get to enter the world I must be made. Do you know where I’m made?

The Bureau of Engraving And Printing

The Grocery Store

• That’s right. The place where I am made is the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. There are two of these in the U.S. One located in Washington D.C. and one in Ft. Worth, Texas.

• The B.E.P. is similar to the Mint where coins are made, but only bills are printed here.

• First workers made a die to use as the stencil for all the bills. Then the die is covered with ink. The die is pressed through a machine that marks the pattern onto paper.

• Watch this video to re-cap how I’m made.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YNeFV9R9Ss

• The way that they engrave the die make money super hard to copy. It is very easy to recognize the fake money over the real money.

FAKE!

• After I’m “born” in the bureau, I’m shipped out to a bank. Where can these banks be?

Anywhere in the U.S.?

Anywhere in the world?

• Since I’m only a U.S. dollar I can only stay in America. No other country will accept me because they have different types of money.

• From the bank, I get put into your hands! Whether it comes from your parents or a job, everyone must get their money from a bank. Then you are free to spend me as you please.

• I can stay with you as long as you want, until you see something that you love and must have.

• When you want to buy something, you will exchange your money for that new toy or whatever you have your heart set on.

• From there my life is like a whirlwind, I travel from person to person, being exchanged for hats, gas, food, and anything else you can think of.

• I keep living like this for a few years, but then someone might forget about me. I might get lost or ripped and wont be able to be used again. But the bureau has already printed me tons of replacements by then!

• Now lets see what you know about me.

• I’m a one dollar bill, so what president do I have?

George Bush or George Washington

• George Washington is right!• How many quarters make up one

dollar?7 Or 4 or 10

• 4 Quarters in 1 dollar!• I hope you had fun on this

adventure with me and my crazy life!

• If you want to see where real dollars have been you can track them online at: http://www.wheresgeorge.com/

• Bye!

• Oops, wrong. Try Again!