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Lesson Plan for Standards 34,
40, & 43
Benchmarks: 34.3, 34.4, 34.8, 34.11, 34.12, 34.13, 40.1, & 43.2
| Title: |
Playing the Stock Market |
| Contributor: |
Blueprint 2000 Lesson Activities, developed by Dr.
James Croteau, Leon County Schools and Rhonda Flanagan, FSU
Center for the Study of Teaching and Learning |
| Materials: |
Newspaper, internet, or television reports on the stock
market |
| Procedure: |
- Students research and discuss the stocks and bonds
traded on the stock market, the vocabulary used
and the history of trading in the U.S.
- Students use the media to follow several specific
stocks over a two week period and the market as
a whole. Students chart the movement of the stocks
and the market and identify trends or factors that
may be working.
- Given $10,000 to spend in the market, students
in groups compete over a six week period, buying
and selling stocks and bonds. All transactions must
be recorded and the stock portfolio value at the
end of the period will be used to determine the
winner.
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