I was surprised to find archival footage of Australia’s first Automic Teller Machine (ATM), dating back to 1977(?):
ATM Machines history in Australia 1977
How to withdraw money from ATM
Using Google images search terms, we will explore coins and banknotes of Australia’s neighbouring countries.
This website, Security features of New Zealand’s banknotes has an excellent labelled diagram.
Stage 2 students have been gathering facts and questions about Australian currency, both banknotes and coins.
The latest useful Youtube clips are:
Further to our unit on Financial Literacy, here are some useful Youtube clips about the Royal Australian Mint in the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) for Stage 2 students.
A tourist interprets the displays and machinery at the Mint:
Royal Australian Mint
The current range of commemorative and collectible coins are showcased here:
Royal Australian Mint 2012 Product Launch
A tourism specialist has prepared this narrative-free, persuasive clip about the Mint’s experiences available for visitors:
Royal Australian Mint – grasshoppertravel.com
Although this clip is about the 2008 coin releases, it has several sequences which illustrate the processes of coin design and manufacture:
Royal Australian Mint 2008 Products Launch
The original tourist, from the first clip, mints her own commemorative $1 coin. (Spend $3.00 to create $1.00!)
Making Money at Royal Australian Mint
In Term 3, to complement Stage 2 students’ class work in the area of financial literacy (Priority Schools Program), the weekly library lessons will be providing field knowledge opportunities and Guided Inquiry research activities about money.
These introductory Youtube clips should prove useful:
The invention of money and currency.
Dollar Bill and Australians keep the wheels of industry turning.
Australian currency
Making plastic money
Dollar Bill and Australians Keep The Wheels Of Industry Turning – in 1966!
I found this on Youtube and I’m sure it will come in useful for several different units of work.