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Introduction to the Great Depression

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders participate in a discussion on the causes and economic events of the 1929 stock market crash. In this stock market lesson plan, 11th graders use this as an introduction to the Great Depression.
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Buy Low, Sell High

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students investigate the stock market and investing in corporate stocks by creating an investment portfolio. They develop database worksheets that track their stock's performance over a specified period of time. Students use their...
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Risky Business - Or Not!

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the concept of the stock market. In this stock market lesson, students discuss the stock market and how it works. Students hypothesize what makes a stock price go up or down. Students watch a short video about the...
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Dow And Jones: Wizards of Wall Street

For Teachers 7th - 12th
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...
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Stocking Up

For Teachers 8th
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.
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Consumer Product as in "Chocolate Milk"

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine different marketing techniques how to present themselves while looking for work.  In this marketing lesson students create their own advertisement. 
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Trading Cards for the 21st Century

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students are introduced to sports trading cards that can be 'played' in a compact disc player. They discuss why improvements are made to entertainment products, why they often become successful, and then develop and market an innovative...
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In Your Own Backyard

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify entrepreneurial opportunities that exist in their own community. From this information they determine possible market niches and identify potential businesses that could be started to meet the demands of these niches...
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Monster Mash

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Students brainstorm ideas for an original product with the same name, "Monster Mash" and find a unique way to market their invention. They create a prototype of the package in which their product could be sold and focus on marketing...
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The Great Depression

For Teachers 7th
Students analyze the causes of the Great Depression. In this Great Depression lesson, students listen to their instructor present lectures regarding the Dust Bowl, stock market crash, and Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. Students conduct further...
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Who Knew What When?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students define words of relevance to the stock market and fair trading. They explore the significant events surrounding the charges brought against Martha Stewart as a means of learning how the stock market is governed.
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ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students list and explain the three types of economic systems as well as the three economic questions that every economic society must answer at one time or another. In addition, they identify the five features of our market economy.
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WHY DOES MONEY HAVE VALUE?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students learn that money has value by examining the history, meaning of money. market structures and pricing. In this analysis lesson plan, students use exchange rates to find the cost of an item different currencies.
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Hershey and Advertising

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine Hershey advertising history. In this marketing activity, students analyze the advertising strategies employed by the Hershey company as they respond to discussion questions about 4 Hershey ads. Students write their own...
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Life in a Soviet Household

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students simulate the transaction costs experienced by the average householder in the former Soviet Union. They consider time spent searching and waiting in line, scarcity of goods and the lure of the black market.
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Rising and Falling Fractions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore outcomes from the conversion of fractions to decimals in stock market quotes and explore fluctuating interest rates using an amortization calculator.
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Development of a Nutritional Snack

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop a new line of nutritional snacks. They work in teams to submit a proposal for a snack that not only tastes good, but is nutritional as well. Their end-product consists of four parts: background information, developing...
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Origins of the Great Depression

For Students 9th - 12th
In this economics worksheet, students respond to 11 short answer questions regarding the Great Depression and the stock market crash.
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Types of Entrepreneurs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What does it take to be an entrepreneur? What traits does a person need? Find out as you and your class brainstorm along with this presentation. The traits of inventors, types of entrepreneurs, and their role in the economy are...
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What Drives the Stock Prices?

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students discover that earnings drive stock prices. They look for earnings growth from the continuing operations of a business. They also use price-to-earnings ratio as one of the tools in choosing stocks for the Global Stock Game.
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Lesson 2 How Do You Find Stock Symbols?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
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.
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On Market Street

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study basic facts about consumers and consumer goods. The book "On Market Street" is used in this instructional activity.
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The Labour Market: Influences on the Labour Market

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students investigate key issues surrounding the factors determining pay and conditions. They explore the imperfections in the labour market that lead to gender discrimination.
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Calling All Teens: Exploring Product Designs and Marketing Strategies Geared Towards Teenagers

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider the marketing of cellphones to teenagers as a springboard to designing products and related marketing strategies aimed at specific segments of the teen market.

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