Heather Davis

Seeley-Swan High School
Teaches Government and Economics

Fun and Learning – A Great Team
Heather gives her students a chance to have fun while learning valuable financial concepts. Her class divides into teams to participate in an online interactive stock market simulation. Each team picks a leader, and together they choose which stocks to invest in.

Research is the Key
Prior to the start of the project, students start getting acquainted with the functioning of the stock market, reading the Wall Street Journal and learning stock-based lessons in class. During the project, students are free to do research during class time, researching potential stock purchases and checking their portfolio online.

Future Financial Success
Students who complete the project have valuable investment skills that will benefit them later in life, including an understanding of the positive and negative consequences of different investment strategies.

Students also learn how to work in a team environment, which will be vital to the rest of their lives…until they become independently wealthy in the stock market.