This is a News for Classroom Use post. It includes several tasks based on a piece of current news we select each week. Read the news summary to decide whether the topic will work with your students. Share the video and images with students when necessary. You can read more about it here.
NEWS SUMMARY
The US Mint has produced its last penny (1-cent coin). Pennies are no longer minted because producing them costs almost four times more than they’re worth. The coin itself has very little value and nothing can be bought for a penny anymore. However, since the penny is still legal tender, it will continue to be used in shops around the US for as long as it’s around.
The penny has been used in the US for 238 years and there are still around 250 billion pennies in circulation.
Source: NBC NEWS
