1. Practice II – Laura Sansot, Samanta Otamendi, Camila Roldán.
Intercultural Workshop
Topic: Stamps and money
Pre-task: (15 minutes)
1) Have you ever used stamps?
2) What about banknotes? Do you remember / know who are the icons in them?
3) Why do you think they are there? What is the purpose?
Task:
1) Listen to Robert talking about English banknotes.
2) According to Robert’s speech, could you match the following icons with their
values?
5
Elizabeth Fry
10
Sir John Houblon
20
Sir Edward Elgar
50
Charles Darwin

2. Practice II – Laura Sansot, Samanta Otamendi, Camila Roldán.
3) Now, Could you match the icons of Argentinean banknotes with their values?
2
Manuel Belgrano
5
Eva Perón
10
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
20

3. Practice II – Laura Sansot, Samanta Otamendi, Camila Roldán.
Julio Argentino Roca
50
Bartolomé Mitre
100
Juan Manuel de Rosas
José de San Martín
Follow-up activity:

4. Practice II – Laura Sansot, Samanta Otamendi, Camila Roldán.
Choose one of the following activities:
a) Go to a post office and find out about Argentinian stamps. Which is the 2014 series
based on? What do the stamps show?
b) Describe the symbols that appear in Argentinian coins. ($0,05; $0,10; $0,25; $0,50;
$1; $2)
c) Search about English coins. What values are there? Which symbols are shown in
each of them?
d) Think of other possible icons for the Argentinian banknotes. Who would you
choose? Why?