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• December 2, 2019

  Trading Up: How Countries Benefit from Freer Trade

  

  Use hands-on activities to explore comparative advantage, opportunity cost and specialization. Students will learn how these key economic concepts help countries benefit from trade.

  Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Economy, Math, Social studies Grade level(s): Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5 and CEGEP
• November 22, 2019

  Surprise, It's Money!

  

  Grades 3 to 8: See and touch an amazing array of objects that have served as money at one time or another. Then join us in the Museum—explore the games, multimedia, videos and even more surprising artifacts. It’s fun, engaging, and a great way to learn the role the Bank of Canada plays in the Canadian economy.

  Content type(s): School programs Subject(s): Financial literacy, History, Social studies Grade level(s): Grade 03, Grade 04, Grade 05, Grade 06, Grade 07 / Secondary 1, Grade 08 / Secondary 2
• November 8, 2019

  Private Atkinson’s War

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  Private Edward Atkinson’s example of trench art is what is called a “love token”—a souvenir made from a coin. It’s one man’s personal wartime experience expressed through a pocket-sized medium.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• October 25, 2019

  A Noteworthy Woman

  

  Apply the concept of historical significance to examine the bank note featuring Viola Desmond.

  Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): History, Social studies Grade level(s): Grade 08 / Secondary 2, Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5 and CEGEP
• September 26, 2019

  Price Check: Inflation in Canada

  

  All about inflation: what it is, what it means and how it's measured. Students will learn how the consumer price index is calculated and create their own student price index to measure the prices that matter most to them.

  Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Economy, Financial literacy, Social studies Grade level(s): Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5 and CEGEP
• September 9, 2019

  Bank Note/Billet de banque

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  The first Canadian paper money was issued in 1817, and for the next 120 years, the vast majority of Canadian bank notes were only in English.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• July 18, 2019

  RCNA Convention, 2019

  By: David Bergeron

  
  

  

  Bank of Canada Museum will be at the 66th annual convention of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association (RCNA).

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• July 8, 2019

  Landscape Engraved

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  Retaining the landscape format but showing human activity and intervention transformed the imagery into an extended portrait of Canada and Canadians.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• May 24, 2019

  The Hunting of the Greenback

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  During World War Two, the Bank created the Foreign Exchange Control Board (FECB). One of its major tasks was to find as many US dollars as possible to pay for American imports.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• May 15, 2019

  What goes up…

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  Economic bubbles continued to pop up regularly throughout history, and still do today.

  Content type(s): Blog posts Subject(s): Economy, Social studies Grade level(s): Grade 08 / Secondary 2, Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5 and CEGEP