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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Jokes, Quotations, and Cartoons in Economics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will apply their knowledge of economics to the analysis and interpretation of jokes, quotations, and cartoons in economics. Students will watch a Paul Solman video of an interview of Yoram Bauman, the Stand up Economist....
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Lesson Plan
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Comparing Stock Investments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners learn how calculating capital gains and capital losses can help them evaluate stock investments.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Ethics in the Stock Market

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson learners will learn about the stock market. They will look at the stock market from an accounting point of view and research a specific stock or industry.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Trading and Tracking Stock Portfolios Online

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Student teams will trade stocks and track the progress of their Alabama Stock Market Simulation portfolio by using spreadsheet software and the Internet. They will relate the information to a previous social studies unit on economics and...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Absolute Value and Stocks

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders learn about the stock market and start a project involving tracking investments.
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Lesson Plan
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Playing an Investment Game

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners work in groups to explore real-world scenarios that can affect stock investments.
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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Compound Interest Simulator

For Students 9th - 10th
This applet will allow you to investigate savings account earnings, credit card debt, and a stock market simulation.
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Website
Other

Financial Pipeline: What Is a Stock?

For Students 9th - 10th
Stocks and the stock market briefly explained.
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Handout
Other

Investorwords: Shareholders

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a definition of the word shareholders, in addition to many other financial vocabulary.
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Interactive
Other

Stock Market Game World Wide

For Students 9th - 10th
Over the course of 10 weeks, participants invest a hypothetical $100,000 in Nasdaq, Amex, and NYSE-listed common stocks. They research stocks, study how the financial markets work, choose their portfolios, manage budgets, follow...
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Interactive
Other

Stock Market Game World Wide

For Students 9th - 10th
Over the course of 10 weeks, participants invest a hypothetical $100,000 in Nasdaq, Amex, and NYSE-listed common stocks. They research stocks, study how the financial markets work, choose their portfolios, manage budgets, follow...
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Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: The Stock Market

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is The Stock Market.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Stock Market Game

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson is a basic introduction to the stock market and investment strategy. After presentation of the lesson, the lesson links to a website to play the stock market game.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: How to Read a Stock Table

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains how to read a stock table.
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Website
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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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Long Bull Market

For Students 9th - 10th
The Long Bull Market of the 1920s saw share prices on the stock market soar and its collapse contributed to the Great Depression.
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Activity
Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Dow Jones Industrial Average

For Students 9th - 10th
Students experience how exponential functions are related to the stock market through exponential growth and decay graphs.