People have used money for hundreds of years as a standardized way to value and trade goods, after initially trading items directly. In the US we use dollars as currency, though other countries have their own currencies even if some also accept US dollars. People earn money through jobs to pay for necessities like housing, transportation, goods, taxes, and healthcare.

3. People have been using
money for hundreds of
years.
Before money gave
specific values for things,
people simply traded items.

4. In the United States, we use
the dollar as our currency or
money,

5. but people in different parts of the
world use different currencies,
though some countries also use or
accept our dollars.

6. People earn money from the jobs
they work and use that money to
save for the future or pay for their
houses, cars, good, taxes, medical
needs,