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CASH DETECTIVES
SPECIAL AGENT TRAINING
Level 1: Money Identification
The $10 & $20 Bill Mission
Learn how to spot, identify, and check $10 and $20 bills using clean and simple visual clues!
Put on your detective hat. Let's find some cash!
START MISSION
CLUE FILE: THE $10 BILL
Clue Card 1 of 2
$10 TEN DOLLARS $10
PICTURE ON FRONT Alexander Hamilton
$10 U.S. CURRENCY $10
Clean Clues: Orange Color & Alexander Hamilton
How to Spot a Ten:
1
Big Number "$10"
Look at the corners. You will see the number 10 with a dollar sign.
2
The Orange Color
The bill has a warm, clear orange and yellow color.
3
Alexander Hamilton
The name printed on the front is Alexander Hamilton.
Point to the orange color on the screen.
NEXT CLUE
CLUE FILE: THE $20 BILL
Clue Card 2 of 2
$20 TWENTY DOLLARS $20
PICTURE ON FRONT Andrew Jackson
$20 U.S. CURRENCY $20
Clean Clues: Green Color & Andrew Jackson
How to Spot a Twenty:
1
Big Number "$20"
Look at the corners. You will see the number 20 with a dollar sign.
2
The Green Color
The bill has a cool, clear green and light blue color.
3
Andrew Jackson
The name printed on the front is Andrew Jackson.
Point to the big number 20 on the screen.
COMPARE BILLS
DETECTIVE COMPARISON
Spot the Differences!
THE $10 BILL
$10 $10
PICTURE Hamilton
$10 TEN DOLLARS $10
- Main Color: Orange / Yellow
- Big Numbers: $10
- Person: Hamilton
THE $20 BILL
$20 $20
PICTURE Jackson
$20 TWENTY DOLLARS $20
- Main Color: Green / Blue
- Big Numbers: $20
- Person: Jackson
Which bill is green? Point to it now!
START MISSION GAME
I SPY: MISSION 1
FIND THE $10 BILL!
🍎 Apple
$5$5
Lincoln
$5$5
Five Dollars
Spy Glass
📓 Case File
☕ Coffee Cup
$1$1
Washington
$1$1
One Dollar
$10$10
Hamilton
$10$10
FOUND ME!
✏️ Pencil
🍕 Pizza Snack
Keys
$5$5
Lincoln
$5$5
Five Dollars
🍪 Cookie
💼 Agent Bag
📟 Calculator
🍩 Sweet Donut
Trace with your finger! Can you spot the ORANGE $10 Bill?
NEXT MISSION
I SPY: MISSION 2
FIND THE $20 BILL!
🍪 Cookie
$1$1
Washington
$1$1
One Dollar
🕶️ Spy Shades
$10$10
Hamilton
$10$10
Ten Dollars
☕ Coffee Cup
📷 Spy Camera
📓 Case File
✏️ Pencil
🍕 Pizza Snack
$20$20
Jackson
$20$20
FOUND ME!
$10$10
Hamilton
$10$10
Ten Dollars
🍎 Apple
💼 Agent Bag
Keys
🍩 Sweet Donut
Trace with your finger! Can you spot the GREEN $20 Bill?
CONGRATULATIONS
MISSION COMPLETE
GRADUATE AGENT STATUS
You Are Now a Certified Cash Detective!
You successfully learned the clues to spot $10 and $20 bills!
$10 Bill Clues Orange + Hamilton
$20 Bill Clues Green + Jackson
Next step: Complete your Bill Hunter Worksheets!
GREAT JOB, AGENTS!
Bill Hunter Worksheets
Special Agent Training
CASH DETECTIVES: ID WORK
LEVEL 1 SPECIALIST
Agent Name:
Date:
1 Circle the correct value for each bill shown below:
$10$10
Hamilton
$10$10
$5
$10
$20
$20$20
Jackson
$20$20
$5
$10
$20
2 Fill in the blanks using the secret word bank:
🔎 SECRET WORD BANK 🔍
Hamilton Jackson Orange Green
A. The $10 bill has a warm
color tint.
B. The $20 bill has a cool
color tint.
C. The person pictured on the front of the $10 bill is
.
D. The person pictured on the front of the $20 bill is
.
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Tactile Sorting Activity
🏦 THE AGENT BANK SORT
CUT & PASTE
Agent Name:
Date:
How to play: Cut out the bills from Page 3. Use your glue stick to sort and paste them into the correct Bank vaults below!
🏦 $10 BANK VAULT
Paste three $10 bills below:
PASTE $10 BILL HERE
PASTE $10 BILL HERE
PASTE $10 BILL HERE
🏦 $20 BANK VAULT
Paste three $20 bills below:
PASTE $20 BILL HERE
PASTE $20 BILL HERE
PASTE $20 BILL HERE
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Print and Cut Sheet
✂️ VAULT CUTOUT BILLS
CUTOUTS
Use student scissors to carefully cut along the dotted lines!
Cut
$10$10
Hamilton
$10$10
Cut
$20$20
Jackson
$20$20
Cut
$20$20
Jackson
$20$20
Cut
$10$10
Hamilton
$10$10
Cut
$10$10
Hamilton
$10$10
Cut
$20$20
Jackson
$20$20
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Bill Search Mats
Visual Discrimination Mat
🕵️ THE $10 BILL SPY MAT
SPY LEVEL
Agent Name:
Date:
Mission: Look at each box below. Circle or color only the orange $10 bills! Be careful of the tricks!
🍎 Apple
$10$10
Hamilton
$10$10
Ten Dollars
$1$1
Washington
$1$1
One Dollar
🕶️ Glasses
$10$10
Hamilton
$10$10
Ten Dollars
🍕 Pizza
$5$5
Lincoln
$5$5
Five Dollars
Key
$10$10
Hamilton
$10$10
Ten Dollars
🍩 Donut
$10$10
Hamilton
$10$10
Ten Dollars
💼 Agent Bag
🕵️♂️ AGENT REPORT:
I found
of the $10 bills!
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Visual Discrimination Mat
🕵️ THE $20 BILL SPY MAT
SPY LEVEL
Agent Name:
Date:
Mission: Look at each box below. Circle or color only the green $20 bills! Be careful not to circle $10 bills!
$20$20
Jackson
$20$20
Twenty Dollars
🍎 Apple
$10$10
Hamilton
$10$10
Ten Dollars
$1$1
Washington
$1$1
One Dollar
Key
$20$20
Jackson
$20$20
Twenty Dollars
🍩 Donut
$20$20
Jackson
$20$20
Twenty Dollars
$10$10
Hamilton
$10$10
Ten Dollars
🍪 Cookie
🍕 Pizza
$20$20
Jackson
$20$20
Twenty Dollars
🕵️♂️ AGENT REPORT:
I found
of the $20 bills!
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