Students 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.

Young scholars study about the most widely reported stock market indicator by the news media, the Dow or DJIA, short for Dow Jones Industrial Average. They complete a table that divides these 30 companies into different industry groups.

Eighth graders are trained to be brokers and to buy and sell stocks. Each group is allotted $1000. Team members work together within their groups to build a stock market portfolio and track the stocks they own.

Sixth graders research to find background information and stock history over the last year about a company listed on the NYSE. They evaluate whether or not they should "invest" in that company. They write a persuasive essay outlining...

Students identify principal causes of the Great Depression. They analyze causes including a decline in worldwide trade, the stock market crash, and bank failures and explain the legacy of the Depression in American society.

The ten questions included on this worksheet are designed to facilitate a close study of the website of Advertising Age magazine. Using the Internet, learners explore the magazine’s website and its links to become familiar with the...

Third graders explore the functions of money. In this economics lesson plan, 3rd graders read Jack and the Beanstalk to discover the three main functions of money.

Students discover how art auctions have become competitive after reading an article from The New York Times. Students voice their opinions about specific examples of modern art and create trading cards based on their research of...

A statistics-loaded passage about home sales provides the text for a reading comprehension exercise. Although the subject matter might challenge some readers, the answer key explains how to approach and answer the three multiple choice...

In this grammar instructional activity, students fill in twelve blanks from the article, "Tokyo Share Crisis", with appropriate prepositions.

In this chocolate instructional activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions,...

Students first examine different types of white-collar crimes; they then research recent individual cases to present in a student-written and produced expos?? program on white-collar crime.

Students explore the global oil market through a web-quest. In this oil market lesson plan, students conduct a web-quest to gather information related to the global oil market then design and make a mural.

Fourth graders complete a variety of activities as they study the European exploration of the Midwest, focusing on Indiana. They map the path explorers took, comparing the British with the French. They research why the explorers stopped...

Students . In this organization lesson, students have a general discussion about sports cards and make a chart to answer the questions. Students read the baseball card story from USA Today. Students watch a web video about sports in New...

In this research skills worksheet, learners use the appropriate reference to answer the questions. There are 5 questions on this page.

Students define cowboys and learn about their roles on rangelands. For this rangeland lesson, students define cowboys and cowgirls and complete a KWL chart. Students read Cattle Kids and Til the Cows Come Home. Students visit the...

This resource includes the full text of a classic short story by Rex Ellingwood Beach, "His Stock in Trade." This story is part of the classic literature collection from Classic Reader.