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Personal Finance Lesson: Investing in Stocks

In this post, I thought I would offer a few of the PowerPoint slides I use to lead classroom discussions on stocks, as well as a few of the worksheets I use

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Business Lesson Plans: Now Accepting Requests!

If there is a specific business topic that you would like to see an activity or project for, let me know by leaving a comment below or send me an e-mail to travis@travisrmartin.com.

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Personal Finance Lesson: Mutual Fund Activities

Students research and apply their knowledge of mutual funds by creating their own fund. They then “sell” their fund to the class in a PowerPoint presentation.

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Marketing Lesson: Product Placement in Movies and Television

Product placements in movies and television shows have become common thanks to Steven Spielberg and his inclusion of a little-known bite sized Hershey product into his movie, E.T. n this lesson, students learn the basics of product placement.

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Accounting Lesson: Accounting Monopoly

“Accounting Monopoly” is a great way to give your Accounting students practice journalizing business transactions in a simulated business environment.

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Teaching Resource: The Random Person Picker

Get the entire class involved with the help of this Excel Random Person Picker.

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Personal Finance Lesson: Investing Expectations

As a starting point for my unit on investing, I like to emphasize the importance of having the right expectations when making an investment

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Personal Finance Lesson: Choosing a Bank

In this activity, students combine their knowledge of bank accounts with online research to produce a sales presentation for a bank of their choice.

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Personal Finance Lesson: Intro to Bank Accounts

This lesson guides students through the basics of checking and savings accounts.

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