Correlations of Delaware Math Standards with Stock Market Game Curriculum
Correlations of SMG curriculum with the Delaware Standards in Math are a work in progress. At this time, Math Standards for the Middle Grades have been correlated with the curriculum package, Learning From the Market. Learning From the Market is available to download from the Teacher's Administrative Site on the SMG web site.
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LEARNING FROM THE MARKET |
Lesson Type |
Standards (PI's 6-8) |
Description |
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UNIT I: |
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1. |
Why Study the Stock Market? |
Activity |
6.201, 6.209, 7.201, 7.208, 8.201, 8.208, |
Use computation to solve problems |
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2. |
What Is a Corporation? |
Activity |
6.231, 7.219 |
Construct and interpret a circle graph |
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3. |
What Is a Stock? Or, Who Owns McDonalds? |
Read/Write |
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4. |
What Are Markets? |
Handout |
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5. |
Showtime on Wall Street |
Play/Reading |
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6. |
How Are Stock Prices Determined? |
Simulation |
6.230, 7.228, 8.226 |
Collect and organize data |
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Simulation |
7.219, 8.216 |
Interpret and analyze tables |
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Simulation |
6.201, 6.209, 7.201, 7.208, 8.201, 8.208 |
Use computation to solve problems |
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Simulation |
6.231, 7.229, 8.227 |
Construct and interpret line graphs |
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7. |
How to Read the Stock Tables |
Handout/Hunt |
7.219, 8.216 |
Interpret and analyze tables |
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Handout/Hunt |
7.210, 8.209 |
Apply percents and ratios to problems |
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Handout/Hunt |
6.214, 6.216, 6.213, 7.215 |
Use equivalent forms of fractions and decimals in problem situations |
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8. |
How Do You Make or Lose Money in the Stock Market? |
Handouts |
6.231, 7.229, 8.227 |
Construct and interpret line graph |
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Handouts |
7.210, |
Apply percents |
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Handouts |
6.201, 6.209, 7.201, 7.208, 8.201, 8.208 |
Use computation to solve problems |
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Handouts |
7.213, 7.214, 7.218 |
Compute with integers |
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Handouts |
7.210, 7.212 |
Compute percents |
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Handouts |
7.210, 8.209 |
Apply percents and ratios to problems |
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9. |
Getting Fancy: The Bulls, the Bears, and the Pigs! |
Play/Activity |
6.201, 6.209, 7.201, 7.208, 8.201, 8.208 |
Use computation to solve problems |
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Play/Activity |
7.213, 7.214, 7.218 |
Compute with integers |
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Play/Activity |
7.210, 7.212 |
Compute percents |
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UNIT II: |
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10. |
Are Stock Markets Only for the Wealthy? |
Handouts |
6.231, 7.219, 7.229, 8.216 |
Construct a bar graph |
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11. |
Getting Rich is Child's Play -- The News About Compound Interest |
Handouts |
Use a calculator constant to compute exponential growth and compound interest |
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Handouts |
Use a computer spreadsheet |
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Handouts |
7.210, 7.212 |
Computer percents |
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12. |
All Savings Choices Involve Risk: Grandma's Gift |
Handouts |
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13. |
Some Risks Are Greater than Others |
Handouts |
Determine probability |
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6.201, 6.209, 7.201, 7.208, 8.201, 8.208, |
Use computation to solve problems |
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14. |
How to Choose a Stock |
Handouts |
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15. |
Building a Stock Portfolio |
Handouts |
7.210, 8.209 |
Apply percents and ratios to problems |
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Handouts |
7.210, 7.212 |
Compute percents |
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Handouts |
6.201, 6.209, 7.201, 7.208, 8.201, 8.208, |
Use computation to solve problems |
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Handouts |
7.219, 8.216 |
Interpret and analyze tables |
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Handouts |
6.231, 7.219, 7.229, 8.216 |
Construct a bar graph |
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UNIT III: |
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16. |
Playing Along with the Averages |
Handouts |
6.201, 6.209, 7.201, 7.208, 8.201, 8.208, |
Use computation to solve problems |
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Handouts |
6.223, 7.231 |
Compute and analyze averages |
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Handouts |
Analyze percents of increase |
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17. |
The Market-Go-Round |
Handouts |
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18. |
I've Got the Workin' in the Chalk-Mark Factory, Increasing My Productivity Blues |
Role Playing |
8.208, 7.208 |
Compute unit costs |
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Role Playing |
6.203, 7.203, 8.203 |
Execute and analyze results of a situation |
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Role Playing |
6.201, 6.209, 7.201, 7.208, 8.201, 8.208, |
Use computation to solve problems |
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19. |
How Do Saving and Investing Affect Economic Growth? |
Handouts |
7.219, 8.216 |
Interpret and analyze tables |
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UNIT IV: |
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20. |
How Do Businesses Obtain Financing? |
Handouts |
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21. |
How to Read an Annual Report |
Handouts |
7.219, 8.216 |
Interpret and analyze tables |
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Handouts |
6.211, 6.221, 7.210, 8.209 |
Apply percents and ratios |
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Handouts |
6.236, 7.208, 8.209 |
Compute percents and ratios |
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22. |
Researching a Business |
Handouts |
7.219, 8.216 |
Interpret and analyze tables |
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Handouts |
6.220 |
Construct and analyze graphs |
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Handouts |
6.221 |
Compute and analyze ratios |
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UNIT V: |
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23. |
Business Cycles and the Stock Market |
Visuals |
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24. |
How Do Domestic and International Events Influence the Buying and Selling of Stocks? |
Handouts |
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