Teacher Support Centers

Teacher Guide
The Teacher Guide tutorial is designed to answer the typical questions of teachers who are using the SMG for the first time and "...don't know where or how to begin" .

Understanding Portfolios
In this tutorial guide, we have provided you with PowerPoint (in html) presentations that you can use for yourself and for your students to help them interpret their portfolios, enter trades, view ranking reports, and to use the Investor Research feature.

Lesson Planning
This section includes an outline of topics and educational material about investing, markets, economic concepts, and the terminology your students are being introduced to as they use the Stock Market Game Program, with suggested lessons in the Learning Resource Center.

Educational Standards
This section include documents correlating the Stock Market Game Program to the National Standards in Economics, Math, and Business Education.

Learning Resource Center
This section has several curricula for teachers with lessons to print out and use in the classroom (Learning From the Market, Beyond the Market, Math Behind the Market, In The News, StockTalk, and more.)

Manage Student Portfolios
From this link you can view your student's portfolios and rankings, the rules of the Game, and contact the Help Desk with your questions.

To Register, Click Here
(Click on "Register Here" link at the bottom left of the page once there.)

What is the The Stock Market Game?

This is sponsored by the Foundation for Investor Education. The Stock Market Game, is an Internet trading activity offered each Fall and Spring. Shorter, summer game periods are also available.  Students form investment teams and have up to 10 weeks to invest a hypothetical $100,000 in common stocks. Students work cooperatively in teams of 1-5 students each to research companies on-line, select profitable stocks, buy and sell on-line, and make on-going decisions about their portfolios. Available for Grades: 4-8; 9-12; Post-Secondary; Adults

How does the Stock Market Game competition work?
The Stock Market Game, offered by the Connecticut Council on Economic Education, is an Internet trading activity offered each Fall and Spring. Students form investment teams and have up to 10 weeks to invest a hypothetical $100,000 in common stocks. Students work cooperatively in teams of 1-5 students each to research companies on-line, select profitable stocks, buy and sell on-line, and make on-going decisions about their portfolios.  At the end of 10 weeks, portfolios are “frozen” and are judged on value-"equity in portfolio".

But I don't know anything about the Stock Market!
Many teachers who have used the Stock Market Game successfully in the classroom tell us they didn't know anything about the stock market or investing when they started – they learned along with the students!

How do I make time for the program in a full curriculum?
It takes 3 or 4 class periods to introduce your students to The Stock Market Game Program and to teach about the stock market and once it starts students should have the opportunity to post trades and research stocks once a week or more frequently, in class or on their own.

You have the flexibility of choosing how much or how little class time to devote to the program. The flexibility of the program allows you to use it with a variety of subjects, including social studies, mathematics, business, practical living, language arts, as well as economics. It can also be integrated into school clubs, lunch or rainy day programs, after school, and gifted student activities.

InvestWrite Competition
Information for the Fall 2008 competition will become available on September 8, 2008. InvestWrite, an innovative national writing competition, produced by The Stock Market Game program, adds a critical thinking component to help reinforce concepts learned in the classroom.  The Goldman Sachs National Economics Challenge which is of a state, regional and national competition for high school students designed to increase their understanding of and interest in economics and finance. Students compete in teams for a chance to win prizes and a trip to New York City to compete in the national finals. For information and registration materials please contact the Center for Economic Education at the University of Connecticut: Contact William Alpert at alpert@uconn.edu.