1. National finance

2. Turn to your partner. Try to list five things our taxes are spent on.

3. Defence Health Public order and safety Housing and the environment Education With a partner discuss which of these you think the government spends the most money on, down to the least.

4. £40 billion £126 billion £33 billion £24 billion £89 billion With a partner discuss which of these you think the government spends the most money on, down to the least.

5. the nation’s budget?

6. Congratulations. You now live here and have a budget of £711 billion.

7. This is the current government spending:

8. National insurance Income tax VAT (Value Added Tax) In your groups, see if you can guess where the money from these different kinds of tax goes. Corporation Tax

9. Between £2,500-£35,000 you pay 20% income tax. Over £35,00 the rate of income tax is 40% Over £150,000 the rate is 50% The next few slides you will see, pictures of people, their job and salary will flash up. See if you can calculate how much income tax they will pay.

10. David Beckham Footballer Salary: £40,000,000

12. Cheryl Cole Singer/presenter Salary: 6,000,000

14. David Cameron Prime Minister Salary: £197, 689

16. Elizabeth Windsor The Queen Salary: £7, 900, 000

18. Robert Pattinson Actor Salary: £12,307,692

19. The ‘what if’ game.

20. What do you expect to happen when the iphone 5 is released? How will the price of the iphone 4 be affected? Why is this?

21. What is inflation? What does the Bank of England do when inflation goes up? Read the information card about inflation.

23. You are at a Barter Market fifty years ago. You will each be given a random selection of cards. Your challenge is to barter and swap them with other people. Once you have finished, the true prices of these items will be revealed and you will have to calculate the value of your goods. Whoever has the highest value wins!

25. You are now going to create your own currency. Sketch your design first, and then, using (card/foil/paint/pens) create your currency.