This past week was all about finance. We started by playing the stock market game. Each pair is given $2,000 to spend however they wish on the stock market. They can purchase any amount of shares of any company they are interested in. I had them choose a minimum of 3 companies for diversification reasons. We will check back in a month and at the end of the year to see who's stocks grew by the most. Students had a lot of fun with this and were excited about investing in the future.
We also worked on budgeting and how to keep a budget. This was a little tricky since most students do not really make an income but I gave them imaginary careers and it was their job to figure out how much they could spend on housing, a car, leisure items, etc.
On Friday we played the game of Life because it was a good wrap up of everything we learned this week. Students had a lot of fun with it not just as a board game but they viewed it now as their potential future so they had to be smarter with their money and life choices.
Another great week in the books!
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