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Life Skills·Money & Finance·conceptual

Earning Money

Ways that children and adults earn money; the connection between work, skills and pay; that harder or more skilled work often pays more

Suggested ages 7–9

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Evidence of understanding

  • Name at least three different ways people can earn money
  • Explain why a doctor might earn more than a shop assistant (training, skills, responsibility)
  • Describe a way a child could earn money (chores, car wash, selling crafts)

Assessment prompt

Could Earning Money explain why some jobs pay more than others and describe a way they might earn some money themselves?

Standards alignment

No external standards are linked to this topic.