Designing our own dollars

Recently, we've been learning about colonial-era portrait artist Gilbert Stuart. You may not know his name, but you are probably familiar with his work -- his portrait of George Washington has been printed on the U.S. one-dollar bill since 1963.

Last week we took a closer look at the dollar bill and tried our hand at designing our own. Students chose who (or what) to feature on the portrait side, and different landmarks to use on the reverse. We even chose some different denominations! Here's how a few turned out: