Business Lesson/Stock Market 📉 (1 hr & 30 mins)
📈 Lesson: Introduction to the Stock Market (Beginner Video)
Objective
By the end of this lesson, the student will:
Understand what the stock market is
Explain what stocks and shares mean
Describe why people invest in companies
Reflect on what they learned through writing
Lesson Discussion (10 minutes)
Key Ideas Explained Simply:
A stock is a small piece of a company.
Buying a stock means you become a part-owner.
Companies use investors’ money to grow their business.
Stock prices go up when companies do well and down when they don’t.
Investing takes patience—it’s not about getting rich quickly.
Real-Life Example:
Imagine your favorite burger restaurant sells shares so they can open more branches. If the business becomes more popular, the value of those shares increases. 🍔📊
Write short answers:
What does it mean to own a stock?
Why do companies want investors?
Is investing more like a sprint or a marathon? Why?
✍️ Writing Assignment: My First Stock Market Lesson
Instructions:
Write a short paragraph (5–7 sentences) about what you learned from the video and lesson.
Prompt:
After watching the beginner stock market video, I learned that __________.
A stock means __________.
Companies sell stocks because __________.
One thing that surprised me was __________.
If I could invest in any company someday, I would choose __________ because __________.