Class 8 - 10: The Hard Part - Valuatation

EQ - Why is it important to understand the difference between price and value?

1. Activator: Cell Phone v. Dr. Pepper
2. Determining Value - $10/10 shares or $1/100 shares
3. Chalk Talk - Is it cheap or expensive?
4. Real Life Application - Yahoo v. Google v. Baidu
5. Discussion Question - Does price matter when making investment decisions? Why or why not?
6. Valuation - Earnings-based <-- Great link from Fool.com
7. TOD - Write questions about the reading for Mr. Hill to answer next class.
8. Real-Life P/E Ratio comparison

Class 7: Invest in what you know

EQ – Why is investing in what you know a good strategy?

1. Access www.weseed.com
2. Click the Learn tab at the top of the website
3.  Read and take notes on Level 2 – Invest In What You Know
4. Read and take notes on Level 2- Working at the Stock Market

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