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Home Stock Market Game Using HTMW Sign Up! Investing Lesson Plans Kevin Smith Lesson Plans September 30, May 19, Click Here for other Personal Finance Lesson Plans Click Here for Savings Lesson Plans Click Here for Budgeting Lesson Plans Click Here for Economics and Taxation Lesson Plans Click Here for Math Lesson Plans Investing Lesson Plans For All Age Groups Stock Market and Investing Introduction Topic: Investment basics Personal Finance Standard Covered: Investing Standard 2 — Evaluate investment alternatives.

HowTheMarketWorks, by the HowTheMarketWorks Team Description: This lesson integrates trading on HowTheMarketWorks, with some of the core concepts included as part of our Assignments feature.

Bonds Personal Finance Standard Covered: This is a basic lesson plan talking about what savings bonds are, how the government uses revenue from bonds, and why it might be a good way to start saving as early as possible Using HowTheMarketWorks: We have more resources on Bonds available in our Education Center, but you can also give your students a great interactive assignment by using our Compound Interest Calculator or Saving to be a Millionaire Calculator to show how important it is to start saving early.

Click Here To Access This Lesson Plan Saving And Investing Topic: Investment Personal Finance Standard Covered: Investing Standard 3 — Demonstrate how to buy and sell investments. Practical Money Skills For Life Description: The lesson seeks to help students understand that different savings options exist and can have a large affect on their rate of return.

You can use Assignments on HowTheMarketWorks to have your students read basic articles about Stocks, or play with personal finance calculators, like our Millionaire Calculator , that help show how different rates of return can add up big over time.

Personal Finances Personal Finance Standard Covered: EconEdLink, by Mickey Ebert Description: Students love nothing more than putting things off, and thinking about their own personal finances are no exception. To get them thinking about it in a whole new light, this lesson plan has your students act as a Financial Adviser to 3 different types of people, and trying to find the best savings and investment plan to fit their individual needs.

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One idea that teachers have been using is to create three contests on HowTheMarketWorks, and have each student join all three. The students then need to develop the investment strategy for each of the three types of people in different portfolios, and see how the rates of return and risk change over time!

Click Here To Access This Lesson Plan Investing Lesson Plans For High School And Up Owning a Car Topic: Money Personal Finance Standard Covered: Risk Management and Insurance Standard 2 — Justify reasons to use property and liability insurance.

EconEdLink, by Sue Lynn Sasser Description: Using a Better Money Habits video, this lesson introduces students to the various costs associated with buying and operating a car, including monthly payments, gasoline, insurance, and maintenance.

Click Here To Access This Lesson Plan The NYSE Made Easy Topic: Stocks Personal Finance Standard Covered: EconEdLink, by Matthew Wolfe Description: This is a more condensed version of the HowTheMarketWorks lesson plan above, with more information about reading stock quotes. It also includes a short stock project. You can use our Quotes page for students to get a lot more market news and do more research on any stock they choose, all in one place!

Click Here To Access This Lesson Plan The Five Stages Of Investing Topic: EconEdLink, by Melissa Smith Description: There are dozens of ways to save an invest, most of them involve balancing the risks and returns of each investment vehicle.

This lesson plan is designed to help high school students decide what balance they would like to work with as they prepare for their own future personal finances Using HowTheMarketWorks: HowTheMarketWorks is perfect for practice in building balanced investments.

While its easy to see how to invest in Stocks and Mutual Funds, students can also branch out into ETFs specializing in commodities and bonds. While working through this lesson, it can be great to talk about all the ways students can balance their portfolio, and even see how the markets affect their decisions over the course of the class!

Click Here To Access This Lesson Plan Understanding And Analyzing An Income Statement Topic: Investments Personal Finance Standard Covered: EconEdLink, by Mike Fladlien Description: Everything covered in this lesson plan is present in our Quotes Tool , including the income statements and balance sheets of just about every publicly traded company in the United States.

Have your students take a look at the balance sheets of companies they invest in their HowTheMarketWorks portfolios, and write a few sentences about why they think what they see makes that company a stronger or weaker investment! Stock Market Personal Finance Standard Covered: EconEdLink, by William Trainor Description: This will walk your students through why it is hard to make, or lose, money in the stock market in the long term, showing that while investing can be risky, it can be the best way to build savings in the long run.

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