Class 6: The Stock Market & You

EQ - How are all of us personally connected to the stock market?

1. Knowledge Check
• What is a company?
• Explain Public v. Private
• Define IPO.  How does an IPO happen
2. Activator: Up Close and Personal (Part 1)
3. Discuss Part 1
4. On Your Own - Laptops (Part 2)
5. Class Stock Exchange (whiteboard)
6. TOD - How are we personally connected to the stock market?

Class 5: How Do Company's Make Money?

EQ – How do companies make money?

1. Knowledge Check
• What is a company?
• Explain Public v. Private
• Define IPO.  How does an IPO happen?
2. Activator: Lemonade Stand
3. Discussion Question: How did you make money? (TPS)
4. WeSeed - How Companies Make Money
5. Case Study – Amazon
6. TOD - Answer the EQ

Class 4: What is a Company?

EQ - What is a company?

1. Activator – What is a company? Video Link
2. Public v. Private Companies
3. Going Public – The IPO
4. Case Study: Going Ga-Ga for Google
5. Class Discussion

Class 3: Functions of Banks

EQ - What are the functions of banks?

1. Mini-Lesson: History of Money Review
2. Bank Account Presentations
3. Collaborative Pairs – Weseed.com: Level I Lesson I – Functions of a Bank
4. Advanced Organizer
5. Debreifing
6. Case Study – “You Can Take that to the Bank”

Class 2: Money and Its Uses

EQ - Why might you choose to invest money rather than spend it?

1. Activator - CNBC's "10 Things You Probably Don't Know About Money"
2. History of money and common transactions
3. Uses of Money
4. Review Opportunity Cost
5. Cooperative Pairs - Compare Savings Accounts
6. TOD - 1/4 sheet - Answer the EQ

Class 1: Welcome to Investment Opportunities

EQ - What is the essential question for this class period?

1. Syllabus Review
2. Activator - Create a Group Spending Plan
3. Discuss Spending Plans
4. Paying Yourself First
5. TOD - Develop an EQ for today's lesson?

Today's Market Environment

EQ – What events have affected the day’s market levels?

1.      Access cnbc.com

2.      Analyze the market for today – Is it up? Is it down? Why?

3.      Compose a half page, typed response to explain your answers

4.      You must type in Calibri font size 12 and double space your text.

5.      Print your response when finished

6.      If students complete tasks early they may access their portfolios at www.weseed.com