Grade 3 · Social Studies · Lesson 27

How Money Flows

Money doesn't just sit still — it flows through communities like water through a river. When people work, earn, spend, and save, money circulates and keeps the economy healthy.

What this lesson teaches

1Name the four steps of the money-flow cycle
2Place the four steps in the correct order
3Explain how spending passes money from one person to another

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