Enter Dell for company symbol. Elicit responses related to what children know about Dell. Choose Hoover s Capsule to read together as a class. Elicit which information from the article is important to know if students would be investing in Dell. Add criteria to semantic web on board.
Record responses on a semantic map on the chalk board.
Break into cooperative learning groups. Repeat the process of finding information about a stock as demonstrated by the teacher in the motivation of the lesson. Students will explore AOL s investment snapshot window, charts, investment research, and news section for one or two other companies such as Mobile Oil or Ford Motor Corporation. Students brainstorm with their cooperative learning group to set up additional criteria for choosing a stock and add the criteria to their semantic webs. Students share their criteria with the class.