The Stock Market

 

UNIT PLAN

 

 

 

 

Jennifer Bjorngaard

Jill Jackson

Holly Kunick

Kati Loersch

Jennifer Reynolds

Sara Yaden

Introduction

 

Topic: The Stock Market

 

Grade level: 6th - 8th

 

Length of time with students: 45 minutes to an hour

 

Materials & resources:

 

Goals:  By learning about the stock market, students will be able to pick out reliable companies to invest their money in someday.  The lessons are designed to introduce students to the basics of how the stock market works through the integration of economics, business, language arts, critical thinking, and mathematics. Students will also be able to understand how to read stock symbols, charts and terminology.  In short, students will ideally leave the class understanding basic knowledge about the stock market and how investing creates wealth and financial security for all. 

 

Standards & Benchmarks:

Language Arts

            Standard 1, 2, and 3 - Meaning and Communication

            Standard 4 - Language

            Standard 6 – Voice

            Standard 7 – Skills and Processes

            Standard 11 – Inquiry and Research

            Standard 12 – Critical Standards

Social Studies

            Standard III.2 – Ideals for American Democracy

            Standard IV.1 – Individual Household Choices

            Standard IV.2 – Business Choices

            Standard IV.4 – Economic Systems

            Standard IV.5 – Trade

            Standard V.1 – Information Processing

            Standard V.2 – Conducting Investigations

            Standard VI.2 – Group Discussion

Mathematics

            Standard III.1 – Collection, Organization, and Presentation of Data

            Standard III.2 – Description and Interpretation

            Standard III.3 – Inference and Prediction

            Standard V.1 – Operations and their Properties

            Standard V.2 – Algebraic and Analytic Thinking

 

Assumed Skills: Students are expected to know basic knowledge about the economy.  They are also expected to know how to use computers and the Internet to research information.

 

Skills to teach: Students will be taught how to achieve economic security by learning the following skills…

 

The 5 Senses:

            SightStudents will use their sense of sight by going on their field trip                             and researching on the Internet.  They will also use sight when                              constructing their product for their final project.

            HearingStudents will listen to a voice recording of Peter Lynch reading                                     “Chapter 1: The Miracle of St. Agnes” in his book Beating the                              Street.  They will also use sound when creating a jingle f