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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze information to determine good and bad debt. They calculate percentages when given interest and return on investment information. They also analyze positive and negative debt/return information to determine the preferred debt to incur. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students explore real world investing and the effects of day to day decisions on their financial futures. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 9th
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Students examine their long-term financial goals and research the costs of their goals and investment strategies for meeting them. They identify their goals for the future, conduct Internet research on prices for items on their list, complete a worksheet, and discuss saving methods and saving goals. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students, after defining and reviewing the extensive list of vocabulary words on the board, examine various banking systems and terms (loans, interest rates, investments, mortgages, etc.). They also show mastery of this task by conversation/role play practice. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the history of Martin Luther King, Jr. day. Using the internet, they discover how the idea of Jim Crow kept African-Americans from gaining economic prosperity. They explain how an investment in human capital and a willingness to seek out new opportunities allowed for the African-American middle class to form. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students create a $100,000 stock portfolio by selecting stocks from a list of one hundred companies. They complete sell/buy orders, track their portfolio values through Yahoo Finance over an eight-week period, conduct Internet research on a company, and develop a Portfolio worksheet using Microsoft Excel. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students update an investment portfolio that is part of an ongoing project. Next, they work with PivotTables using spreadsheets that were made in a prior lesson. They make two PivotTables, one which show the number of stocks, the initial price and the initial cost of the stock. On the other table, they show the averages of the same data. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss different investment options available in the marketplace. They determine personal risk aversion and select options appropriate for the degree of risk. Students also conduct research to understand the pros and cons of selected investment instruments. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students make rational decisions about applying for credit cards and how to keep a responsible checkbook. They are taught how the stock market works and how to make investments for their futures. Students discuss how to open a checking account and decide at which bank to open it. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students discover the ways they can complete banking transactions using the internet. In groups, they examine a pamphlet from a banking or investment firm. Using the internet, they research at least three investment programs and identify any problems they predict might occur with them. To end the lesson, they present their information to the class with a visual aid. Full Review »
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