Download Investing Blended Assignment - Plaxton

Blended Unit Planning Document (blueprint)
Unit or Topic Investing
Title:
Investing
Unit or Topic Michigan Standards:
Standards or Personal Finance Strategy - Develop a personal finance strategy for earning, spending, saving and investing resources
Goals Key Components of Personal Finance - Evaluate key components of personal finance including money management, saving and
investment, spending and credit, income, mortgages, retirement, investing, and insurance
National Standards:
Explain how investing builds wealth and helps meet financial goals
Evaluate investment alternatives.
Describe how to buy and sell investments
Learning Objectives
Current Teaching Design
Classroom Activities
Online Activities
TO-DO
What will students be able to
do?
List every activity that you currently
complete in your traditional classroom
situation to teach this unit.
Based on what you have learned so
far, what instruction, activities and
assessment will you continue to
complete in the classroom? Place an
X in this column next to that item.
Based on what you have learned so far,
what instruction, activities and
assessment will you no move to the
online environment? Place an X in this
column next to that item.
What items must you complete in
order to finish the creation of this
unit. If any of the items to the right
must be modified for online delivery
list it here. For example, create a
short podcast, find a YouTube video,
write a discussion question, re-write
directions for an activity so it can
take place online.
1. Identify why it
important to
invest early
2. Identify
different
forms of
investments
3. Create a
spreadsheet
to show the
growth of
stocks.

Complete the Investing
Terms handout

Guest Speaker –
Financial Advisor

Share a presentation on
investing and then
complete some activities
in the NEFE book as a
class.
o Page 28 What do
you think
This document is on
Moodle for the students to
have access to
Could do a reflection
journal entry in Moodle.
X
Discussion part will
remain in class as well as
activities because a book
is needed.
Presentation is on Moodle
for students to access if
they were absent or need to
review it in more detail
4. Explain how
compound
interest
affects
investments
5. Create a
spreadsheet
that shows
how
investments
can grow.
o
o
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Page 29 Table - We
will discuss
Page 30 Exercise 3B
Page 32 Exercise 3C

Use a provided template
to complete the Stock
Challenge assignment.

Complete a handwritten
compound interest
template.
Use an investment
template in Excel and
complete investments
based on criteria
provided.

Template will be created
in class and updated
once a week.
Handwritten compound
interest template will be
completed in class.
Discuss how to use Excel
for others
Template will also be
available in Moodle for
students to access.
Students can update their
stocks outside of class
I could use the following
website for content
reinforcement relating to
purchasing stocks.
Howthemarketworks.com
Excel template will be
provided in Moodle for
students to finish the
assignment online.
 Complete the Investing
Young assignment.
X
1. Watch Dave Ramsey Chapter 8 Video 2.1 and
record answers in
workbook
2. Watch Dave Ramsey
Unit 8 Video 2.2 and
record answers in
workbook
3. Watch Dave Ramsey
Unit 8, Video 2.3 and
record answers in
These will be made
available online if they
can be purchased by my
district.
workbook
Virtual Business
Simulation Lessons
Intro to Investing
Risk vs. Return
Diversification
These will be made
available online if they
can be purchased by my
district.
Classroom Assessment
Assignments listed above with the exception of the ones listed below will be assessed using both face to face and online tools.
Formative assessment tools will be used.
Online Assessment
Journal entries in Moodle, Dave Ramsey series and Virtual Business Simulation (formative assessment)