Lesson 1 of 5
What is Money?
🎯 In this lesson you'll learn:
- •Understand why people invented money
- •Spot different forms of money: coins, notes, and digital
- •Learn the three jobs money does
A Long, Long Time Ago…
Before money existed, people had to trade things. If Aanya had extra mangoes and wanted a football, she had to find someone who had a football AND wanted mangoes. Tricky, right?
To make life easier, humans invented money — something almost everyone agrees has value. Now Aanya could sell her mangoes for money, then use that money to buy a football. Easy!
Money in Different Shapes
Today, money comes in three shapes:
🪙 Coins — round metal money (like ₹1, ₹2, ₹5, ₹10) 📄 Paper notes — colourful paper money (like ₹10, ₹20, ₹50, ₹100, ₹500) 📱 Digital money — money that lives in your phone (UPI, bank apps)
They all do the same job — let people trade without swapping stuff!
Did You Know?
The ₹500 note has Mahatma Gandhi on it. The ₹10 coin has the Lion Capital of Ashoka — India's national emblem. Every note has a different colour so you can tell them apart quickly!
Quick Check
Score at least 60% to complete this lesson.