All I Have is a $2 Bill

A First Grade Adventure

This is the front of a $2 bill. They are not used much today.

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

• Born: April 13, 1743 in Albermarle County, Virginia

• Died: July 4, 1826 in Monticello in Virginia

Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd president of the United States.

• He began appearing on the $2 bill in 1928.

• He was a friend of Benjamin Franklin.• He wrote the Declaration of

Independence.

This is the back of a 1976 $2 bill.

Signing of Declaration of Independence

• The $2 bill has changed many times over the years.

• Why do you think that the artwork on the front or back of the $2 bills has changed?

• Who decides what artwork to put on money?

This is the back of a 1963 $2 bill.

Monticello – Jefferson’s home

This is the front of a 1928 $2 bill.

This is the back of a 1928 $2 bill.

Monticello – Jefferson’s home.

Money can be used to buy things we want.

We use money to help celebrate holidays.

This is the front of a 1918 $2 bill.

This is the back of a 1918 $2 bill.

Battleship

Will their $2 bill look like ours?

The $2 Bill

• Through the years, people did not like using the $2 bill.

• Why do you think people did not want to use it?

This is the front of an 1898 $2 silver certificate.

This is the back of an1898 $2 silver certificate.

Would you pay $2 to see him perform?

This is the front of an1891 $2 silver certificate.

This is the back of an1891 $2 silver certificate.

Alan Sheppard earned $2.35 for his first flight into space.

This is the front of an 1880 $2 note.

U.S. Capitol Building

This is the back of an 1874 $2 note.

Could $2 worth of peanuts make these elephants happy?

This is the front of an 1862 $2 note.

Alexander Hamilton

This is the back of an 1862 $2 note.

• On April 13, 1976, on Jefferson’s birthday, the $2 bill was again printed for people to use.

• The government hoped that people would choose the $2 bill instead of using the $1 bill.

• Why would the government want people to use the $2 bill?

• Our government wanted people to use the $2 bill because it hoped to print half as many $1 bills. This would save the government time and money by printing fewer bills.

Money is used to help others.

This shows the cost of meals at a boarding house in 1877.

What can these children buy with $2?

•What can you do with $2?