Banks and Saving Money

🌍Mission Brief #11

Banks are places where we save money.

🎯 Your mission

Trade-offs everywhere — find them.

⚡ The twist

Cheap for you usually means expensive for someone else.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 The first ATM was installed in 1967 — and used radioactive ink.

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Then & Now

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

Banks are places where we save money. People can keep their money safe in a bank. When we save money, we can buy things we want later. Many banks also help people with loans to buy houses or cars.

Key Facts

Banks keep money safe.

We can save money in banks.

Banks help with loans.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What do banks keep safe?

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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