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Princess Persephone Loses the Castle (Money Tales)

Time: 30 mins,
Updated: September 19 2022,
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Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Learn about loans and signing contracts.
  • Learn about how to budget your money.

Standards

National Standards in Economics

National Standards in Financial Literacy

State Standards

Concepts

Financial Investments, Financial Markets, Financial Planning

In this economics and personal finance book, an inexperienced royal learns a valuable lesson about reading the fine print.

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Description

Princess Persephone was cold in her castle on freezing Ganymede. So, when Aluminum Jim came calling to sell her tin sheets to nail onto the exterior walls to keep out the cold, Persephone was only too happy to agree to a loan and sign the contract without reading it. What could she do when the tin sheets didn’t work, she couldn’t repay the loan, and Jim claimed the castle?

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