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Weekly Overview:
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Unit Description: Money , Banking, and Finance Unit 5
Essential Questions :How does investing contribute to the free enterprise system?
How does the financial system bring together savers and borrowers?
Resources/Materials: Economics, Wall Street Journal
Standards/Benchmarks/GLEs: 22-25 , 54 |
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Objectives: |
To understand various financial intermediaries: Banks, Savings and Loans, Credit union, Finance Co. and Mutual Funds.
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To understand types of risks. Investors must weigh the risks against the potential rate of return. |
To describe the characteristics of bonds as financial assets. |
Stock Project- to understand how the market operates and fluctuates. |
Assessment- Section Test. |
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Student Learning Activities:
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Content Reading and Notes listing the various investments.
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The students will use charts and graphs to compare credit risk, liquidity risk and time risk. |
Using the Wall Street Journal the students will look at bond ratings. |
Using the Wall Street Journal and the internet the students will follow their stock investments. |
The students will be tested on the material covered. |
