Course Sample for Our Elementary Economics for Fifth Grade: Interdependent Economics Homeschool Social Studies Course

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Week 3

Objective:

Learn more about investments

Day 1:

• Define investment strategies.
• Talk about the factors in an investment strategy. Make a list of things to consider when putting together an investment strategy (inflation, risk, growth, interest rates, etc.).
• Plot on the line graph the stock you chose.

Day 2:

• Discuss different places that can help you make an investment (stock broker, advisor, internet, TV, radio, etc.).
• Discuss different types of investments that can be made (stocks, mutual funds, bonds, etc.).
• Plot on the line graph the stock you chose.

Day 3:

• Do research on the stock you chose to plot on your line graph. Pay attention to the way the stock increased and decreased in the past. Make a hypothesis on how you think the stock you chose will act in the next week based on previous data and the data you have collected over the last week.
• Plot on the line graph the stock you chose.