One of my favorite lessons is our annual stock market challenge. Each year I issue a challenge to my students to try and make as money as they can, fictional money as they can, by investing in the stock market. Students are given $1,000 to invest and can choose anything they wish. Students always have…
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Normally I’m not a big fan of using cell phones in the classroom, however today we were able to put them to good use. Today I introduced the stock market challenge to my students…in this challenge they are given a fictional amount of money, $1,000, and asked to invest it whatever they deem as worthy….
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Today in class we will be continuing our discussions about economy by taking a closer look at more recent economic crisis that we have seen here in America recently…the subprime mortgage crisis. Today we will take a critical look at this crisis by focusing on the major causes of the crisis and how home mortgages…
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As we continue to take a profile look at capitalism and how it works in American, today we will be focusing the greatest downturn in our economic history…the Great Depression. Today we will be discussing the causes of the depression and how it relates to the flaws in a capitalist society. Mr. McClung
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Today in class we will be taking a closer look at North Korea as we look at Communist countries and their economies. In order to better understand what it is like in these types of countries, today we will be listening to a podcast from NPR’s Planet Money Podcast over the North Korean economy. Mr….
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Students, today we will be discussing the different types of economies that exist in the world. Today we will be focusing on market and command economies. Your notes for today can be found in the slide show above. Mr. McClung
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Students, today we will begin our unit on economy and we will do so by discussing a few economy terms. Listed below are your terms that we will be discussing in class today. Producer – The person or business that is producing the good or service that is being purchased. Consumer – The person that…
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…there is a bust. This is a phrase that my students have now learned by heart over the various economic talks we had this year…but today we will be talking about why do bubbles in our economy occur. In theory bubbles should never occur because that would mean that we are placing too much value…
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My 4th period students checking their stocks using their phones and computers. For the past week my students have been playing the role of Wall Street investor by tracking stocks and getting the opportunity to buy and sell stocks on a daily basis…with play money of course. Tomorrow we will wrap up our look into…
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