Mr. David Hansen’s eighth-grade U.S. History class had taken step back from learning about the colonies to learn bout the stock market. “It’s important to learn about stock market because the stock market is the foundation of America’s economy,” said Mr. Hansen.
Mr. Hansen and his student teacher, Ms. Megan Cadworth, put together a simulation to show how the stock market works. Mr. Hansen gave the students fake paper money and then let the students decide if they wanted to buy stocks or not. “I bought five stocks and I thought I would do ok, but in the end I lost a lot of money,” said Haylee Markham, an eighth grader at SJHS.
When all the students were done buying stocks then they rolled a die to see if the prices were high or low. Even numbers mean the price is high and odd numbers mean the price was low. Many students enjoyed this lesson and got something out of it.
“I think this lesson was to teach us how to save and spend our money wisely,” said Lily Rauf, an eighth grader at SJHS. The lesson was great and helped students understand our economy a little more.