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We are Teachers

What Goes Up Must Come Down

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
From understanding stock market performance and return on investment to identifying the costs and benefits of credit and avoiding debt problems, this is an absolute must-have resource for financial planning and literacy.
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Curated OER

Stock Market Math

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students select a company that they like and using technology, in teams, they prepare a class presentation about their company. The class have the option to buy stock or choose a competitor. Each team research a company and buy...
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Curated OER

How Do You Find Stock Symbols?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners practice finding stock symbols by company, industry, and country. Stock symbols are necessary to find company information such as stock charts, news, and financial data on the Internet.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: To Market, to Market

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a technology-based lesson to provide students an opportunity to research and select companies to invest in by 'purchasing' stocks. Students are responsible for tracking and reporting results of investments, as well as creating a...
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Other

Nerd Wallet: Beginners Tips for Evaluating Stock Performance

For Students 9th - 10th
Easy to understand explanation of how to judge how individual stocks are performing, and which ones might be the best investments for specific buyers.
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Other

Digerati Life: Five Tips on Evaluating Your Investment Portfolio

For Students 9th - 10th
Investing in the stock market can be a complicated process, but this site provides five things you should examine to make sure your investments are sound.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Nyse Made Easy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will help students to understand the terms that are associated with the New York Stock Exchange. It will also help students to read a stock market report found in any major newspaper or online.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: How Global Is Your Portfolio?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This engaging lesson challenges students to connect economics and geography as they investigate global companies in the stock market.
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Next Gen Personal Finance

Next Gen Personal Finance: Investing Data Crunch

For Students 9th - 10th
Data Crunches feature one chart or graph followed by five scaffolded questions to guide students through analyzing the data and drawing conclusions. These sets of data help students understand investment concepts.
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Next Gen Personal Finance

Next Gen Personal Finance: Investing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lessons and activities to teach students about investing.
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Genius Brands International

Secret Millionaires Club: Webisode Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Backed by Warren Buffett, "the world's most famous investor," the Secret Millionaires Club teaches children about saving and investing money, about how businesses and credit cards work, and about the personal qualities that support...
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Securities and Exchange Commission: Saving and Investing for Students [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Resource for high school students on the importance of saving and how to begin investing.
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Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Recession

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about recessions, periods of economic slowdown often marked by high rates of unemployment, plunging stock prices, lower corporate profitability, and consumer anxiety.
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: 6th Graders Smarter Investors Than College Students

For Students 1st - 8th
Learn how a group of North Dakota sixth graders beat out a group of college students in a competition after learning the basics of investing.
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Other

Junior Achievement Resource Room

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The preeminent national organization that offers students educational experiences in business and economics, Junior Achievement, has a great list of web resources for students and educators. Explore career preparation, college...

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