CA$H
MONEY
Cash rules everything around you.
CA$H MONEY
Objective: Explore models of wealth, collaborate,
compete, use communication skills, use creative
thinking
Success Criteria:
 Get money, get paid
 Discuss models of wealth
 Discuss equity
CA$H MONEY
Object of the game:
Get money, get paid
Get closest to the Bonus Pay Bucket
Move up in the world
Be rich and powerful
Now Hiring
Hiring the following positions:
3 bankers – duties include paying out
money, collecting rent, and managing the
lottery
CA$H MONEY
Rules of the game:
 You must stay in your seat unless you are told to move
 Pay rent when rent is due
 If you can’t afford your rent, you can move to a cheaper
seat
 If you can’t afford any of the seats, you will have to stand at
the back of the room
 If you are standing, you don’t have to pay rent, but you
don’t get paid on payday
 You can try your luck in the lottery, too!
GET MONEY
How to get paid
Write your name on your payday stub
Try to get your payday stub in the Bonus
Pay Bucket
PAY DAY
You got paid!
 All A seats get paid $500
 All B seats get paid $100
 All chairs get paid $25
If you are standing, you don’t get paid
 If your pay stub is in the payday bucket,
you earn $500
GET MONEY
How to get paid
Write your name on your payday stub
Try to get your payday stub in the Bonus
Pay Bucket
PAY DAY
You got paid!
 All A seats get paid $500
 All B seats get paid $100
 All chairs get paid $25
If you are standing, you don’t get paid
 If your pay stub is in the payday bucket,
you earn $500
RENT IS DUE
Pay your rent to your rent collector
 All A seats pay $1000
 All B seats pay $300
 All chairs pay $100
 If you are standing, you don’t pay rent
 If your pay stub is in the Bonus Pay Bucket,
you earn $500
GET MONEY
How to get paid
Write your name on your payday stub
Try to get your payday stub in the Bonus Pay
Bucket
You can spend $5 to play the lottery, write down
6 numbers, each number needs to be between
1 and 6. A winning lottery ticket will have all 6
numbers. Prize is $2000, the prize is doubled if
you have the correct order.
PAY DAY
You got paid!
 All A seats get paid $500
 All B seats get paid $100
 All chairs get paid $25
If you are standing, you don’t get paid
 If your pay stub is in the payday bucket,
you earn $500
GET MONEY
How to get paid
Write your name on your payday stub
Try to get your payday stub in the Bonus
Pay Bucket
PAY DAY
You got paid!
 All A seats get paid $500
 All B seats get paid $100
 All chairs get paid $25
If you are standing, you don’t get paid
 If your pay stub is in the payday bucket,
you earn $500
RENT IS DUE
Pay your rent to your rent collector
 All A seats pay $2000
 All B seats pay $500
 All chairs pay $200
 If you are standing, you don’t pay rent
 If you can’t afford rent, move to a seat
where you can afford to pay the rent
DISCUSS
Is this game fair? Why or why not?
At what point did you become frustrated
with the game?
FLIP THE $CRIPT
Object of the game:
Get EVERYONE money, get EVERYONE paid
Do whatever it takes to get everyone’s
name in the bonus pay bucket, without
breaking the rules
CA$H MONEY
Rules of the game:
 You must stay in your seat unless you are told to move
 Pay rent when rent is due
 If you can’t afford your rent, you can move to a cheaper
seat
 If you can’t afford any of the seats, you will have to stand at
the back of the room
 If you are standing, you don’t have to pay rent, but you
don’t get paid on payday
 You can try your luck in the lottery, too!
PAY DAY
You got paid!
 All A seats get paid $500
 All B seats get paid $100
 All chairs get paid $25
If you are standing, you don’t get paid
 If your pay stub is in the payday bucket,
you earn $500
DISCUSS
Why didn’t everyone get paid in our first
round of the game?
What does this game show us about how
human nature responds to a rigged system
or an inequitable system?
How could this lesson apply to society and
our economy?