Stock Market Mayhem!
Posted by Ariel Warshaw8th grade Humanities students engaged in a fast-paced stock market simulation to deepen their understanding of what happened on October 29, 1929, often referred to as Black Tuesday. Students were paired off, and each team had to make decisions around which stocks to buy and/or sell during each of our 10 rounds of play. Every round brought fluctuating stock values, different domestic and international conditions, and news headlines of the day.
By using their inferencing skills, the pairs strategized about when and why they should make transactions. A few groups ended up playing the market well, but most lost it all! The 8th graders loved this activity, and they really got a better grasp of the stock market crash and the later onset of the global depression to follow.
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