Learning to invest shouldn’t feel like a mystery — this lesson makes it clear. The Buying Your First Stock module guides students step-by-step from understanding what a stock is to making their first trade in a virtual portfolio.
Here’s what’s inside:
Intro to key vocabulary: stock, ticker symbol, portfolio
Activities for researching companies and generating trading ideas
Exercises to read and interpret stock quotes (bid, ask, volume, etc.)
A virtual trading exercise: students “buy” a stock through PersonalFinanceLab and compare results
Discussion prompts and group work to reflect on risk, strategy, and investment choices
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