How to Invest in the Stock Market

Task –Create & Develop You are a financial advisor at a local bank. A customer comes in and wants your advice on what he should do with $5,000 that he just inherited. He said he would like the money to double in at least 7 years, but sooner would be even better. 1.Research a SINGLE investment that you believe will do well over the next 7 years or less 1.Develop a Presentation in which to pitch a stock to. 2.Create a PowerPoint about the investment choice that you have for this customer. 3.You will present this PowerPoint to the class and each student will individually rate your investment idea.

First Activity Remember/Understand

Video Instruction YouTube Video YouTube Video

Second Activity/Apply & Analyze Calculate ROI What is Impact of Quantity of Shares owned to your dollar gains/losses? What does it mean if your calculated rate of return is negative

Assessment & Evaluation Multiple checks for understanding – Worksheet – Google forms test – Google forms peer evaluation of pitch

The Gregoric Styles & Motivation Choices

Difficulty & Complexity Difficulty: Easy Hard Tasks – One final answer Complexity: demonstrate thinking at higher levels of Bloom Taxonomy – Compare/Contrast – Analyze/Evaluate – More than one possible outcome