Introduction
Hello everyone! Welcome to our webquest about foreign currency conversion. After this webquest you will know which different currencies there are in foreign countries and you will know how to convert these currencies to other currencies. Have fun and good luck!
In the webquest there will be a few difficult words that you need to know the meaning of to understand the lesson. The words are: convert, currency, exchange rate, factor. Below is the explanation of the words:
Converting money: Converting from one currency to another using a exchange rate.
Currency: The currency is the official means of payment in a country, such as the US Dollar, Euro, British Pound, etc. Check out this link for more information on currencies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency
Exchange rate: The exchange rate is the price of a particular currency, expressed in another currency. The exchange rate is the price of a particular currency, expressed in another currency. Example: 114 ¥ is US $ 1. Check out this link for more informatie on the exchange rate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_rate
To check whether you fully understand the new words, there is a small quiz! Click on the following link: https://forms.gle/5KywS5aaypCBqtgN8 . We will use the same link/form for the rest of this webquest. You only have to click the link once. Read the next pages of the quest to see when you can go to the next page in the form.
Task
The different currencies around the world.
Today you are going to learn about different currencies. There are many different types of currencies, you can find all of them on this website, go take a look! (subtitel 'control and production') https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency
But we are going to cover this lesson about:
- British pound
- Japanese Yen
- Danish crowns
- American Dollar
- Swiss Francs
Watch the following video about the different currencies around the world and how they came to be.
Go to the next page in the quiz and answer the questions.
Process
You have now learned about the different currencies around the world. Now we will look at how we can convert these currencies to other currencies and vice versa.
Watch the following video to learn about converting money:
Go to the next page of the quiz and complete the conversion questions.
Evaluation
Grab your piggy bank and calculate how many euros you have. There is a sweater for sale for 40 US $. Do you have enough euros in your piggy bank to buy this 40 US $ sweater?
(Make use of the new material you have learned in this webquest!)
You can use this webstite to find out which exchange rate you need to use: https://www1.oanda.com/currency/converter/
Conclusion
Create a poster about the new information you learned in this webquest. Consider, for example, the different currencies of each country and how you can convert this. When the poster is finished, send a picture of the poster to your teacher.
Credits
Thanks for making the webquest. Hopefully you have learned a lot from it.
