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Put the ways people have sent messages in the order the chapter gives them, follow a letter from postbox to doorstep, and say what a bank, an ATM and a money order each do.
Navya was on the bus home when she spotted a red postbox on the corner. Her grandfather told her he used to write to his brother, who was studying in another city, and drop the letters into a box just like it. Sometimes a reply took weeks. Navya could not imagine waiting that long for an answer.
Two words worth keeping
A postbox is where a letter starts its journey; a post office is the building it passes through on the way. The post office does more than carry letters, too — the chapter says it offers a variety of other services besides.
Worked example
Before money existed, people swapped things directly. Why did that get difficult?
Picture the chapter's own trade: a farmer with wheat wants milk, and finds a shepherd who wants wheat.
That trade works, because each of them happens to want what the other has.
Try it together
Let us work through what changed at the bank, together.
Dada ji has been using banks since long before Navya was born, and he remembers a different kind of visit.
1.Dada ji says that when he was young there was no machine on the wall, so taking money out meant a journey and a long wait. Which building did he have to go to?
Have a go
Your turn. Navya's uncle sent money to her mother to buy Raksha Bandhan gifts. How does the chapter say money is sent now?
Ready to practise?
Eight questions on what you have just read. Nothing is timed, and you can play as many times as you like.