Teaching Stock Markets + Investing Unit Plan

Teaching Stock Markets and Investing Unit Plan

This invaluable teaching resource is designed to engage students in the complex world of economic behavior. It encapsulates relevant lessons, activities, and materials necessary to impart a basic understanding of how stock markets work and how investing can be an effective tool for personal finance.

This unit plan provides hands-on experience navigating from basic savings ideas all the way to playing with stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and finding hidden gems in various sectors of the US economy. The importance of starting early with saving and investing is emphasized through lessons that highlight concepts such as compounding. Students learn how their savings grow over time when reinvested.

In addition, this comprehensive package aids students in understanding critical financial terminology through functional exercises like reading actual stock quotes or determining strategies for beginners. Navigating these real-world skills will empower students to become competent investors later in life.

The Coffee Shop Play

A highlight within this comprehensive teaching resource kit is a teacher-created play titled The Coffee Shop. This creative component helps make learning interactive and entertaining while delivering important financial insights within a narrative format that students can easily relate to.

Comprehensive Student Packet & PowerPoint Deck

• The complete student packet contains about 44 pages packed full of readings and assignments supplementing your teaching strategy.
• A PowerPoint deck created specifically for teaching Supply Demand principles - quintessential aspects when discussing market structure dynamics on any level (micro or macro).

This unit plan has been successfully presented at Economics Wisconsin's annual event focusing on invigorating student interest in personal finance economics topics- attesting its merit efficacy as an educational tool.

Primarily for grades 7-10 within Social Studies classes but specifically well-suited towards Economics subunits ramifications suggest it could also be introduced within Mathematics lessons too where practical numeracy applications are being explored.

Usability

Whether you utilize it comprehensively or pick out select components tailored to complement your existing lesson plans, this economics unit is effectively designed for classroom use, small group discussions, homework assignments or autonomous learning endeavors. It offers sincere support in making potentially challenging financial nuances accessible and engaging for young learners.

9 Word docs

1 PDF

1 PowerPoint