Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of savings vocabulary and products, the PYF concept, and the importance of preserving principles in the face of inflation.

Students will comprehend saving and investing, understand the concept of risk versus reward, and gain knowledge about various investment types and vocabulary.

Students will play the interactive game called Stax and see if they can beat the market in a 20-year period. Reflection questions will be answered after gameplay.

This is a great resource to use with Financial Literacy students. It is a brief overview of Investing to help you get started on your unit in Investing.

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In this lesson, students will learn about retirement plan options such as 401K plans, Roth IRA's and pensions. 

Students play the stockmarketgame.org in teams. After learning the basics, students research different companies and each team spends $100k on stocks. 

Students will define compound interest, distinguish it from simple interest, calculate compound interest using a compound interest rate calculator, and apply the concept to real-life scenarios.