Shopping at the Store

🌍Mission Brief #21

Shopping at the store is fun.

🎯 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

💱 Every receipt you've ever seen has this idea inside it.

Shopping at the store is fun! We go to buy things we need. Stores have food, clothes, and toys. When we pick items, we might check prices. We use money to pay for our choices. Shopping helps us learn about wants and needs.

Key Facts

Stores sell food, clothes, and toys.

We use money to pay for things.

Shopping teaches us about wants and needs.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What do we buy at stores?

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.

Track every dollar you spend or get this week. Then figure out the pattern.

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For the dinner table

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

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