Workshops
Workshop "Distinguished Persons Featured on Current Dinar Banknotes" (banknote puzzle)
| Description: |
The workshop focuses on an interactive story about the history of money, from primitive means of payment to electronic money. |
| Aim: |
- to learn more about famous Serbs portrayed on nine circulating banknotes;
- to develop logical thinking required for composing the elements and reconstructing reality.
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| Material: |
Nine banknote puzzles, one for each denomination; publication issued by the NBS ’’Distinguished Persons Featured on Current Dinar Banknotes’’ |
| Duration: |
One and a half hour |
| Target age group: |
6–12 |
| Number of participants: |
Up to 20 |
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Workshop "Money and the five senses"
| Description: |
Workshop aiming at practicing patience and concentration where the participants are expected to put together the pieces of eight circulating banknotes issued by the NBS in denomination of 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 and 5000 dinars. |
| Aim: |
- to experience and demonstrate creativity through various sensory channels: sound, smell, touch, sight; to learn by relying on the senses;
- to encourage cognitive development of children – cognitive processes in the form of logical reasoning and objective observations; to develop argumentative skills, ability to simultaneously observe several dimensions of money by using different senses;
- to focus on here and now, to be aware of the process of perception, to exercise concentration, to differentiate perception by different senses;
- to set free the creative potential of children and to enrich their relationship with peers.
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| Material: |
Coins from different periods, paper money, circulating money, euro and other currency money, electronic cards... |
| Duration: |
One and a half hour |
| Target age group: |
6–15 |
| Number of participants: |
Up to 20 |
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Workshop "Counterfeit money and how to recognise it"
| Description: |
The workshop introduces children to the concept of counterfeit money and acquaints them with the visible and invisible security features of banknotes. |
| Aim: |
- to get familiar with the concept of counterfeit money;
- to learn about the visible and invisible security features of banknotes;
- to lessen the risk of coming into possession of counterfeits;
- to learn about the legal consequences of money counterfeiting.
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| Material: |
Banknotes and coins, magnifying glass, UV lamp, 18-minute video «Dinar our money» |
| Duration: |
One and a half hour |
| Target age group: |
6–15 |
| Number of participants: |
Up to 20 |
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Workshop "Drawing a banknote of my choice"
| Description: |
A drawing workshop at which children draw a banknote of their choice, using their own imagination. |
| Aim: |
- to stimulate and develop children’s creative skills;
- to familiarise children with coins and banknotes and their key features;
- to familiarise children in an amusing, interesting and comprehensible way with the essential features of banknotes;
- to develop children’s creative and artistic skills.
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| Material: |
Drawing kit (felt pens and colour pencils), paper, magnified large plastic copy of 1000-dinar banknote. |
| Duration: |
One and a half hour |
| Target age group: |
6–12 |
| Number of participants: |
Up to 20 |
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Workshop "Dinar – our money"
| Description: |
The dinar through history, from Serbian medieval money to today’s circulating currency. |
| Aim: |
- to help children learn more than envisaged by their school curriculum;
- to spark curiosity in children and eagerness to learn new things;
- to familiarise children with the activities of the National Bank of Serbia, the only institution authorised to print our money – the dinar;
- to familiarise children with the origin of the name and history of the national currency leading to today’s circulating currency.
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| Material: |
Educational aids of the National Bank of Serbia, film “Dinar, our money” (15 minutes long), film “Institute for Manufacturing Banknotes and Coins” (4 minutes), coins and banknotes from different periods, the dinar denominations in circulation, magnifying glass, UV lamp, electronic cards. |
| Duration: |
One and a half hour |
| Target age group: |
8–12 (groups aged 8–10 and 10–12) |
| Number of participants: |
Up to 20 |
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Workshop "Me and my budget"
| Description: |
Participants learn how to create a home budget and practice annual budgeting by playing a game with envelopes. They explore the concepts of spending, borrowing and saving, in order to learn how to manage their own money and plan their budget. |
| Aim: |
- to learn that money is not meant for spending only but also for saving, investing and donating;
- to instil and cultivate financial culture in young people and foster financial intelligence around reasonable spending and handling of money;
- to create awareness of the importance of spending plans, and the careful analysis of one’s needs, desires and possibilities within a given budget;
- to recognize the risks associated with numerous advertisements and how they can affect one’s budget;
- to understand the difference between gross and net income, budget surplus and deficit;
- to learn that saving is not a luxury but can also be a safe haven;
- to teach young people not to over-borrow;
- to explain to young people that financial education will help them lower stress levels and sleep better.
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| Material: |
10 large envelopes A, 12 small envelopes B, imitation of banknotes, fictitious payroll slips, list of relevant expenses, 10 solar calculators |
| Duration: |
One and a half hour |
| Target age group: |
15–18 |
| Number of participants: |
If played individually – 10, if played in two-member teams – 20, if played in three-member teams – 30. |
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