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[DOW] JONESES Teacher Page A WebQuest for 6th - 12th Grade Math or Business Designed by Marie Long
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This lesson was developed as part of the National Teacher Training Institute Master Teacher Program. Students will learn basics of the stock market and use information from newspaper stock market pages to compute and graph changes in price over time, calculate dividends, and commissions,.
Learners This lesson can be used by grades 6 through 12 for mathematics, business/economics classes, or be a part of a social studies unit. Lesson components can be adapted to suit a variety of student ages and abilities. Emphasis can be placed on computation in the lower grades, and on designing spreadsheets in grades 10 - 12 (consumer math or applied math). The teacker can decide how much emphasis to place on technology, depending on the learning outcomes desired and on the technology available. Students should already be able to perform operations with fractions, decimals and percents, and use word processing and the Internet.  Students will
Mathematics 6.1,
6.6, 6.7, 6.18, 7.1, 8.4, 8.13
Using this Webquest, students will practice creative problem solving, decision making, and communication through writing persuasive paragraphs, word processing, making graphs,and possibly through creating spreadsheets and/or web pages. If students work with parterners, they will also practice cooperation and compromise. For complete, detailed instructions, see Keeping Up lesson page. The lesson is organized into four
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The lesson is taught in 4 to 5 class periods, plus following stocks once a week for 6 to 8 weeks. Following the stock can be assigned for outside of class or can be done during a few minutes of class time. While empahsis is mainly on math, the lesson could be easily extended to social studies. Writing persuasive paragraphs draws on skills taught in English. Students may work individually, in pairs, or teams of 3 to 5. The teacher may assign groups by having students draw slips with family surnames, assigning students that work well together, etc., or letting students choose their own groups. Some students may believe that stock is only for rich people. Investment accounts can be opened with just a few hundred dollars and small monthly contributions. There are also ways to invest without using a full-service broker by doing careful research. The following Internet sites provide
resources for those not familiar with the stock market.
About the NYSE http://www.nyse.com/about/about.html
Variations Ideally, it is best for each student or group of students to have access to a computer with Internet during the entire lesson. The first activity learning stock basics will require a computer lab or at least 5 or more computers. If there is only one computer available, the teacher could lead the students through the learning steps and then have students suggest companies to research, These companies could be explored and accepted or rejected by the entire class, or each student could build his/her indivual portfolio by selecting fromthose stocks. Newspapers can be used for following the companies over the 6 or 8 weeks. Students could also be assigned to use study hall time, if applicable, to research companies in the library or computer lab. MATERIALS
Your reports on the stocks you
selected will be graded as follows:
Conclusion
Students will learn about an alternative way of saving, its risks and rewards, and how business and the stock market affects our lives daily. They will use real-world information to practice computational skills which are traditionally weak.
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