Students compare prices of popular items of late 1920s to cost of those items presently, determine which companies are best in which to invest, analyze causes and consequences of stock market crash of 1929, and evaluate significance of...

Students identify and evaluate franchise as a business opportunity. Lesson is culminating project in a business course.

In this Keynesian worksheet, students complete a table, plot functions on a graph, answer questions, solve problems, and make predictions about scenarios with variables.

The materials in this 48-page packet are designed to supplement a unit study of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Included are vocabulary lists and activities, discussion questions and quizzes, book report ideas, a bibliography of...

Students explore saving and investing money.  In this middle school personal finance lesson, students define and use investment vocabulary, explore compound interest and its effect of savings, and compute simple and compound...

Students investigate the stock market and investing in corporate stocks by creating an investment portfolio. They develop database worksheets that track their stock's performance over a specified period of time. Students use their...

Students examine the fundamentals related to saving for retirement and investing such as return on investment, compound interest, and planning for different rates of savings. They see the importance of setting long term saving goals.

High schoolers look through a phone book and pick a business they think they would enjoy. They brainstorm ideas about the needs of a business. They set their prices to payback their investment into the new business.

Students explore New France. In this New France lesson plan, students examine census data compiled by Jean Talon in 1665 and 1666. Students take on the role of Talon trying to convince the King of France to increase his investment in...

Students engage in a instructional activity introducing them to the concept of Risk and Return. Risk and return is a basic principle that should be understood before investing money. They utilize an interactive worksheet imbedded in this...

In this logarithm worksheet, 8th graders solve 10 different word problems related to various logarithms. First, they determine the amount of compounded interest that will be in an account after a number of years. Then, students determine...

Young scholars role play a group of people trying to convince investors to invest on their particular compound. In this chemistry lesson, students research about different compounds formed by their assigned functional group. They create...

Sixth graders examine the concept of compounding interest on invested money. They explore how much interest their money would earn through compounded interest. Students conclude that they should invest early and often.

Students review the basics of investing. They discuss saving strategies and investing fundamentals. Afterward, they consider a scenario from different investment perspectives.

Students investigate the stock market using stock market tables, charts, and graphs. They participate in a simulation of stock market investment over time. They read about the history of Wall Street and the Stock Market.

Pupils study inflation and its relationship to money and pricing. In groups, students examine how investment decisions have changed since the 1970's. After looking at a designated website, pupils discover the reason for printing money...

Students list some issues important during the campaign of 1840. They compare and contrast the careers of Martin Van Buren and William Henry Harrison before they became president and explain why the Whigs wanted to find a candidate in...

Students, in groups, research the issues surrounding one of several controversies involving food and globalization. Then they debate their position and show a PowerPoint presentation at a mock summit meeting.

Your young bankers compare earning interest accumulated yearly and monthly to decide which method most increases their balance. Using an exponential function to model the bank balance affords the learners more practice connecting...

Young scholars explore economics by creating a budget. In this financial goal setting lesson, students investigate their use of time by completing a worksheet. Young scholars identify financial goals they would like to achieve in the...

What are the benefits and risks of saving in an interest-bearing account? Pupils explore concepts like risk-reward relationship and the rule of 72, as well as practice calculating compound interest, developing important personal...

High schoolers calculate commission for a stock transaction through a broker using the relationship between percentages and decimals. They decide which stocks are preferable based on the price to earnings ratios listed on the stock...

Students explain the content, purpose, and impact of the Tax Reform Acts of 1969 and 1986.

Students are introduced to a basic characteristic and need of living things-the ability and need to reproduce. They investigate how birds (and people) attract mates. Students discover how to build a nest. They discuss the needs and...