Lesson 1 (Chapter 1): Preparing a presentation. This lesson uses the key question; Where does my breakfast come from? to encourage students to explain their decisions whilst working a group to plan a presentation. Part of a series of six-lessons, ‘Can’t We Just Print More Money?’ is based on a book of the same name, which was written by two of Bank of England economists. The resource supports English Language specifications across a range of UK qualifications. Each lesson uses an extract from the book as the basis for analysis, critical evaluation, and discussion. It was developed in partnership with Jo Heathcote, a former principal examiner for a major UK awarding body. In each lesson students can explore key economic ideas and reflect on popular literary texts. You can use them to support your school’s English curriculum or cross-curricular studies. These lessons support specifications for: • GCSE English Language • iGCSE English Language • National 5 English

Lesson 2 (Chapter 2): Planning and writing a debate speech. This lesson uses the topic of university tuition fees to help students explore different ideas about the costs and benefits of a university education. Students will structure their own point of view on the topic using persuasive writing techniques. Part of a series of six-lessons, ‘Can’t We Just Print More Money?’ is based on a book of the same name, which was written by two of Bank of England economists. The resource supports English Language specifications across a range of UK qualifications. Each lesson uses an extract from the book as the basis for analysis, critical evaluation, and discussion. It was developed in partnership with Jo Heathcote, a former principal examiner for a major UK awarding body. In each lesson students can explore key economic ideas and reflect on popular literary texts. You can use them to support your school’s English curriculum or cross-curricular studies. These lessons support specifications for: • GCSE English Language • iGCSE English Language • National 5 English

Lesson 4 (Chapter 5): Writing non-fiction and developing a podcast. In this lesson, students will explore the ideas of globalisation and trade, making links with key GCSE text An Inspector Calls. Students can then present their ideas through the planning and development of a podcast. Part of a series of six-lessons, ‘Can’t We Just Print More Money?’ is based on a book of the same name, which was written by two of Bank of England economists. The resource supports English Language specifications across a range of UK qualifications. Each lesson uses an extract from the book as the basis for analysis, critical evaluation, and discussion. It was developed in partnership with Jo Heathcote, a former principal examiner for a major UK awarding body. In each lesson students can explore key economic ideas and reflect on popular literary texts. You can use them to support your school’s English curriculum or cross-curricular studies. These lessons support specifications for: • GCSE English Language • iGCSE English Language • National 5 English

Lesson 3 (Chapter 4): Analysis and critical evaluation of text. In this lesson, students will explore and reflect on different ideas about economic growth through the evaluation of different texts from different time periods. Part of a series of six-lessons, ‘Can’t We Just Print More Money?’ is based on a book of the same name, which was written by two of Bank of England economists. The resource supports English Language specifications across a range of UK qualifications. Each lesson uses an extract from the book as the basis for analysis, critical evaluation, and discussion. It was developed in partnership with Jo Heathcote, a former principal examiner for a major UK awarding body. In each lesson students can explore key economic ideas and reflect on popular literary texts. You can use them to support your school’s English curriculum or cross-curricular studies. These lessons support specifications for: • GCSE English Language • iGCSE English Language • National 5 English

Pack Four: Education, environment, and sustainability Topics covered include: • 3D shapes • adding • subtracting and dividing with decimals • problem solving From Roman gold bars to banknotes and online payments…maths is everywhere! This resource is designed to accompany The Future of Money exhibition at the Bank of England Museum. It helps young people aged 11-14 explore the links between the exhibition and a range of mathematical ideas, using a series of key objects as a starting point for discussion and mathematical problem-solving. The resources can be used alongside a museum visit or in the classroom using the images, teacher notes and worksheets provided. The online exhibition can be accessed via The Bank of England Museum website. https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum/whats-on/the-future-of-money

Pack Five: Data and privacy Topics covered include: • sequences and patterns • problem solving • inverse operations • division with remainders From Roman gold bars to banknotes and online payments…maths is everywhere! This resource is designed to accompany The Future of Money exhibition at the Bank of England Museum. It helps young people aged 11-14 explore the links between the exhibition and a range of mathematical ideas, using a series of key objects as a starting point for discussion and mathematical problem-solving. The resources can be used alongside a museum visit or in the classroom using the images, teacher notes and worksheets provided. The online exhibition can be accessed via The Bank of England Museum website. https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum/whats-on/the-future-of-money

Pack Three: Future methods of payment Topics covered include: • prime numbers and their properties • divisibility rules • sampling methods • calculating percentages From Roman gold bars to banknotes and online payments…maths is everywhere! This resource is designed to accompany The Future of Money exhibition at the Bank of England Museum. It helps young people aged 11-14 explore the links between the exhibition and a range of mathematical ideas, using a series of key objects as a starting point for discussion and mathematical problem-solving. The resources can be used alongside a museum visit or in the classroom using the images, teacher notes and worksheets provided. The online exhibition can be accessed via The Bank of England Museum website. https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum/whats-on/the-future-of-money

Pack Two: Futureproofing today’s systems Topics covered include: • data collection and questionnaires • analysing data • bar charts • pie charts From Roman gold bars to banknotes and online payments…maths is everywhere! This resource is designed to accompany The Future of Money exhibition at the Bank of England Museum. It helps young people aged 11-14 explore the links between the exhibition and a range of mathematical ideas, using a series of key objects as a starting point for discussion and mathematical problem-solving. The resources can be used alongside a museum visit or in the classroom using the images, teacher notes and worksheets provided. The online exhibition can be accessed via The Bank of England Museum website. https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum/whats-on/the-future-of-money

Pack One: What is money? Topics covered include: • compound measures • units of measurement • problem solving • probability From Roman gold bars to banknotes and online payments…maths is everywhere! This resource is designed to accompany The Future of Money exhibition at the Bank of England Museum. It helps young people aged 11-14 explore the links between the exhibition and a range of mathematical ideas, using a series of key objects as a starting point for discussion and mathematical problem-solving. The resources can be used alongside a museum visit or in the classroom using the images, teacher notes and worksheets provided. The online exhibition can be accessed via The Bank of England Museum website. https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum/whats-on/the-future-of-money

Lesson 5 (Chapter 7): Narrative writing. This lesson uses the chapter title: What actually is money? to help students understand ideas about the history of money and its value. Students will consolidate their learning by writing an opening or a chapter of a piece of dystopian fiction. Part of a series of six-lessons, ‘Can’t We Just Print More Money?’ is based on a book of the same name, which was written by two of Bank of England economists. The resource supports English Language specifications across a range of UK qualifications. Each lesson uses an extract from the book as the basis for analysis, critical evaluation, and discussion. It was developed in partnership with Jo Heathcote, a former principal examiner for a major UK awarding body. In each lesson students can explore key economic ideas and reflect on popular literary texts. You can use them to support your school’s English curriculum or cross-curricular studies. These lessons support specifications for: • GCSE English Language • iGCSE English Language • National 5 English

Lesson 6 (Chapter 8): Writing a short story. This lesson will explore ideas about why we use banks. Students will finish by writing a short story inspired by an image of a gold vault. Part of a series of six-lessons, ‘Can’t We Just Print More Money?’ is based on a book of the same name, which was written by two of Bank of England economists. The resource supports English Language specifications across a range of UK qualifications. Each lesson uses an extract from the book as the basis for analysis, critical evaluation, and discussion. It was developed in partnership with Jo Heathcote, a former principal examiner for a major UK awarding body. In each lesson students can explore key economic ideas and reflect on popular literary texts. You can use them to support your school’s English curriculum or cross-curricular studies. These lessons support specifications for: • GCSE English Language • iGCSE English Language • National 5 English

We partnered with the Economist Educational Foundation to develop a resource to accompany our Slavery & the Bank exhibition, which ran between 2022 and 2024. This resource uses objects from that exhibition to explore the history of the transatlantic slave trade and pose questions about the legacy of inequality today through contemporary news stories. The resource is designed for young people aged 9-14 years old and supports a range of curriculum subjects including history and PSHE.

Lower Key Stage 2 This resource has been produced by the Bank of England, TES and Beano to provide schools with an engaging set of resources to help UK primary school pupils learn about money in a real-world context. Pupils will learn why money is important and why money was invented. They will explore how currency has changed over time and the different uses for money. These lessons have been accredited by Young Money and fit within the Financial Education Planning Framework.

Key Stage 1 This resource has been produced by the Bank of England, TES and Beano to provide schools with an engaging set of resources to help UK primary school pupils learn about money in a real-world context. Pupils will learn to recognise money and pounds and pence symbols, combining money to create values. They will solve addition and subtraction problems using money and work out change in different scenarios. These lessons have been accredited by Young Money and fit within the Financial Education Planning Framework.

Upper Key Stage 2 This resource has been produced by the Bank of England, TES and Beano to provide schools with an engaging set of resources to help UK primary school pupils learn about money in a real-world context. Pupils will learn to identify what a bank is and how it works, along with how they make money through the ‘money cycle’. Further activities develop an understanding of investments and interest. These lessons have been accredited by Young Money and fit within the Financial Education Planning Framework.

Lower Key Stage 2 This resource has been produced by the Bank of England, TES and Beano to provide schools with an engaging set of resources to help UK primary school pupils learn about money in a real-world context. Lesson 3: What’s new with money? - Pupils will explore the security features built in to today’s banknotes and the different methods of payment available. They will discuss when the different methods would be most suitable. These lessons have been accredited by Young Money and fit within the Financial Education Planning Framework.

Upper Key Stage 2 Designed for key stage 1 and key stage 2, this resource has been produced by the Bank of England, TES and Beano to provide schools with an engaging set of resources to help UK primary school pupils learn about money in a real-world context. Pupils will explore what is meant by ethical spending and the reasons why people choose to spend this way. They will consider the decisions they can make and positive outcomes to those decisions. These lessons have been accredited by Young Money and fit within the Financial Education Planning Framework.

Upper Key Stage 2 This resource has been produced by the Bank of England, TES and Beano to provide schools with an engaging set of resources to help UK primary school pupils learn about money in a real-world context. Pupils will identify that debt can be good or bad and how banks lend responsibly. They will explore different types of debt and discuss if they are good or bad. These lessons have been accredited by Young Money and fit within the Financial Education Planning Framework.

Lower Key Stage 2 This resource has been produced by the Bank of England, TES and Beano to provide schools with an engaging set of resources to help UK primary school pupils learn about money in a real-world context. Pupils will identify how we choose to use our money and make informed decisions. They will explore how we categorise needs and wants and make wise spending decisions. These lessons have been accredited by Young Money and fit within the Financial Education Planning Framework.

Upper Key Stage 2 This resource has been produced by the Bank of England, TES and Beano to provide schools with an engaging set of resources to help UK primary school pupils learn about money in a real-world context. Pupils will identify times we should spend, borrow or save and demonstrate how budgeting works in practice. They will also explore how people budget and why they make the choice to spend, borrow or save. These lessons have been accredited by Young Money and fit within the Financial Education Planning Framework.