The 8th Grade students have begun to study the Stock Market and part of the Industrialization Unit. Together, we have examined diversified companies, different stock markets, and currency exchange rates. This lesson was inspired by a student 'Voice and Choice' to "Teach me something I can use in real life" and fit in perfectly for the set up of the Gilded Age, Roaring '20s and foreshadow the Crash of 1929.
Students will be keeping track of their created portfolio and report stock gains and / or losses. Besides the grade, the ONE student who has amassed the greatest stock market fortune over the course of five classes will receive as their prize an all-expenses paid trip to a local movie theater of the student's choice.
So if you see students staring at google.com/finance or any of the myriad of other finance-related websites, don't worry...it really is for Social Studies.
Good luck to all students!
