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• March 30, 2020

  The Fisher, the Photographer and the Five

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  There’s little doubt that the BCP45 is lovingly preserved today partly thanks to being immortalized on this beautiful blue five-dollar bill.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• March 18, 2020

  Trade rules

  

  Introduce three basic economic concepts: consumers and producers, goods and services, and trade. Students will play a game to understand the benefits of trade.

  Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Financial literacy, Social studies Grade level(s): Grade 03, Grade 04, Grade 05
• January 15, 2020

  Where Futurists Feared to Tread

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  Among the laser pistols, hover cars and androids of science fiction, there’s an elderly elephant in the room: money.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• January 13, 2020

  Group visits

  We are happy to arrange a tour for groups of 10 or more. We just need a heads-up so we can arrange your visit the way you want it.
• January 2, 2020

  Wrap-up, 2019

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  The Bank of Canada Museum set some very ambitious goals at the end of 2018. We have managed to achieve more in one year than we had since we opened in 2017.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• 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 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 1, 2019

  Luck and Lore

  

  On view until Sunday, January 15, 2023

  Discover the spiritual, the ceremonial, the superstitious uses we have for money and the surprising roots of some very familiar traditions.
• 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