Stock It To Me

Students explore the loss and gain made in the stock market as they invest a sum of money and report the results as percentages instead of points.

Students complete a series of tasks that help them learn about the stock market. In this stock market lesson plan, students identify companies they are familiar with and learn about stock symbols. Students study the makeup of...

Students participate in a variety of stock market games within their classmates. They study the concepts of stocks and investments as well as the criteria for selecting of stocks. Each student is shown how to keep track of the progress...

Students understand how to get and interpret stock price data online. They describe certain aspects of various corporations and know the meanings of important terms involving the stock market.

This 3-page article provides a general overview of the devastation caused by the fallen stock market during the Depression.

Students 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.

Students see that economic news and business events can change the price of a stock. They see that the unexpected events that benefit or harm the company, in turn, moves the company's stock price up or down.

Students view a documentary on Mr. Dow and Mr. Jones. The Dow-Jones Industrial Average is the most commonly used economic indicator in American finance. After viewing, students discuss what they saw and complete a timeline to chart stock...

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.

Students explore how to get and interpret stock price data online. They also describe certain aspects of various corporations and know the meanings of important terms involving the stock market.