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Teacher Materials
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Lesson Plans & Other Resources to help teachers initiate or review SMG topics
After the Bell....Before the Curtain: (A play) Review terms and concepts from SMG. Winning is not the most important part of the simulation.
Black Thursday.... Will History Repeat Itself?: Use current conditions to research and highlight the crash that precipitated the Great Depression.
Business Types Compared differences between private and public
Chocolate Charts: Team will develop charts and graphs based on portfolio.
How Do I Make a Million?.... Dollars that is!: Questions to help develop math calculations, matrices, graphs, charts, spreadsheets, averages and percentages.
How to Choose a Stock: Lesson 14, from Learning from the Market.
   
Let's Play 20 Questions: Global businesses, meets 11 VA World Geography Standards.

List of Publicly Traded Virginia CorporationsA list of the major publicly traded  corporations based in, or closely affiliated with, Virginia from which students can learn about the goods and services these companies produce.
 
 
SMG PowerPoint Project Portfolio: Team will develop presentation based on portfolio
Stock Market Savvy: Investing for your future. Designed for middle school and high school students, this program contains eight activities that introduce students to the financial world of long term savings and investment in stocks.
The Stock Market- This newspaper supplement provides newspaper-based activities for teachers introducing their students to the stock market and investing.
Ump's Fwat Booklet - Tells the story of how a caveman named UMP turns a single idea into a successful business. A perfect way to introduce students to basic business, economic and investing principles.
Ump's Fwat Video - An eight-minute animated video tells the story of how a caveman named UMP turns a single idea into a successful business. A perfect way to introduce students to basic business, economic and investing principles.
Ump's Fwat Instructor Guide
Resources for Understanding Mutual Funds
What is a Mutual Fund? High school lesson from Learning Earning and Investing
Before You Invest in a Mutual Fund Questions you should ask prior to investing in a mutual fund
Understanding Mutual Funds 50 page booklet on mutual funds
 

 

 
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Important Dates
Spring SMG Session
February 6 to May 18, 2012; Registration ends March 10; Competition ends April 13
Year-long SMG Session
September 26, 2011 to May 18, 2012; Competition ends April 13; Registration ends December 1
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January 9-January 27, 2012 and January 30-February 17, 2012
Deadline for Spring 2012 InvestWrite Submission
April 2, 2012
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