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I'm not sure what happened in the file conversion as it was a two page document in MS Word. Anyways, this is simply a worksheet that was created for guided note-taking in my U.S. Government class.
I'm not sure what happened in the file conversion as it was a two page document in MS Word. Anyways, this is simply a worksheet that was created for guided note-taking in my U.S. Government class.
Final Project Menu
Below you will find the menu for my final project. The links will take you to the various sections of the project, which is a lesson for students in a 12th grade Economics class that introduces them to the stock market. After reviewing everything please take my survey and post any additional thoughts or suggestions you may have!
1. Standards
2. Content Instruction
3. Lesson Structure
4. Rubric/Assessment of Student Performance
5. Technology
6. Survey Monkey ftw!
1. Standards
2. Content Instruction
3. Lesson Structure
4. Rubric/Assessment of Student Performance
5. Technology
6. Survey Monkey ftw!
1. Standards
CA State Standards:
12.1 Students understand common economic terms and concepts and economic reasoning.
12.2 Students analyze the elements of America’s market economy in a global setting.
Technology Standards:
Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:
- plan strategies to guide inquiry.
- locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
- evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
- process data and report results.
12.1 Students understand common economic terms and concepts and economic reasoning.
12.2 Students analyze the elements of America’s market economy in a global setting.
Technology Standards:
Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:
- plan strategies to guide inquiry.
- locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
- evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
- process data and report results.
2. Content Instruction
The goal of this lesson/project will be for the students to gain a basic understanding of how the stock market works. Many of them have an idea of what the stock market is (a quick way to get rich in their minds), but very few, if any, actually understand how it operates and what information is important.
Specific objectives will include the following:
1. Be able to define basic information and terms including stock, P/E ratio, dividend, last/close, volume, 52 week high/low, and market capitalization.
2. Through the analysis of these indicators and other information (news, expert opinion, etc.), be able to determine why they may or may not want to invest in a particular stock.
3. Use financial websites to participate in a group stock portfolio project where they will have to select stocks based on the group's analysis, track the stock prices and market conditions, and buy/sell stocks to achieve maximum profit.
Specific objectives will include the following:
1. Be able to define basic information and terms including stock, P/E ratio, dividend, last/close, volume, 52 week high/low, and market capitalization.
2. Through the analysis of these indicators and other information (news, expert opinion, etc.), be able to determine why they may or may not want to invest in a particular stock.
3. Use financial websites to participate in a group stock portfolio project where they will have to select stocks based on the group's analysis, track the stock prices and market conditions, and buy/sell stocks to achieve maximum profit.
3. Lesson Structure
The lesson will cover two days of class time. After that point the project will continue with students monitoring/trading their stocks on their own.
Day 1
The lesson will begin with a PowerPoint lecture that explains the key terms (academic vocabulary). After the students have taken notes, they will receive a handout that serves on one side as a guide to the Yahoo! Finance website and links to other websites. The other side will have specific information for the Oracle stock report. Using the SMART Board, I will then go through the Yahoo! Finance site, showing them how the site works, and what type of information they can use it for.
Day 2
The students will start with a review of the Oracle stock report. They will be asked to come up with 2-3 reasons why they would either buy or sell the stock, based on what they learned the day before. After a brief discussion, they will receive their project packet and the project will be explained to them (essentially they will have $1000 to spend on three stocks which they must decide upon as a group). After the assignment is clear, they will receive their group assignments and then head to the computer lab for the rest of the period where they will have the rest of class to research stocks online and make their choices.
Day 1
The lesson will begin with a PowerPoint lecture that explains the key terms (academic vocabulary). After the students have taken notes, they will receive a handout that serves on one side as a guide to the Yahoo! Finance website and links to other websites. The other side will have specific information for the Oracle stock report. Using the SMART Board, I will then go through the Yahoo! Finance site, showing them how the site works, and what type of information they can use it for.
Day 2
The students will start with a review of the Oracle stock report. They will be asked to come up with 2-3 reasons why they would either buy or sell the stock, based on what they learned the day before. After a brief discussion, they will receive their project packet and the project will be explained to them (essentially they will have $1000 to spend on three stocks which they must decide upon as a group). After the assignment is clear, they will receive their group assignments and then head to the computer lab for the rest of the period where they will have the rest of class to research stocks online and make their choices.
4. Rubric/Assessment of Student Performance
Students will be assessed in several ways. First, they will be assessed on their actual project. When they turn in the packets there will be two key areas that they are graded on. This includes the accuracy with which they monitor the stocks they've chosen, including calculating ROI (Return on Investment) of the stocks they sell. They will also be graded on the evaluations that they provide regarding the choices they made (each stock purchase must be accompanied by an explanation of why it was chosen).
As the unit progresses, the students will also have both a quiz and a unit test where they will have to demonstrate an understanding of the material. This will assess multiple levels of thinking, including simple recall of the terms, as well as higher level analysis of a scenario.
As the unit progresses, the students will also have both a quiz and a unit test where they will have to demonstrate an understanding of the material. This will assess multiple levels of thinking, including simple recall of the terms, as well as higher level analysis of a scenario.
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