Study and Learn:
Do all of the following.
- Read chapters 8, 9, & 10 in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy. Look up definitions to any words you don't know. try to be really familiar with the concepts taught in the book.
-Watch this video HERE . It is an intro to stocks. The video is set in Germany but the principles are the same.
- Watch this video HERE . Bear with the oldness :D
Know and Understand:
Do all of the following.
Now that you understand stocks a little better we are going to have a little contest. I want you to pretend that I just gave you a big stack of cash from the fictional money tree. You need to take this cash and invest it in a stock of your choice. Do some more research on specific stocks so that you will know what you want to buy. then go to this website
http://markets.
Once you are there, go to the top right hand corner. There should be a search option. Search the name of a company such as Google or Facebook. Click on the company when it comes up and it will take you to a page with the stocks price. Example, on Thursday Facebook stock was selling for 184.72 USD (United States Dollars) Do this with a few companies until you decide what you want to buy. Once you have made a choice email me the company name and the price. My email is taraannefontano@gmail.com This is how you "purchase" your stock. Over the next week and month I want you to keep track of the price changes in your stock. Try to check at least four times this week and record the changes. Is the price going up or down? Come ready to share what you've found.
Become and Serve:
In the book it share the story of Joseph Kennedy who was given advice about stocks by a shoeshine boy. This caused him to sell all his stocks right before the depression hit. Journal about why getting this advice was significant to him. What is an economic principle behind this? Journal on this for 10 minutes. Come ready to share your thoughts in class.
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