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Teaching financial literacy through play / Christopher Harris and Patricia Harris, Ph.D.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harris, Christopher, author.
- Harris, Patricia, author.
- Series:
- Harris, Christopher, 1977- Teaching through games.
- Teaching through games
- Rosen classroom professional resources
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children--Finance, Personal--Study and teaching.
- Children.
- Teaching--Aids and devices.
- Teaching.
- Consumer education--Study and teaching.
- Consumer education.
- Saving and investment--Study and teaching.
- Saving and investment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (90 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : The Rosen Publishing Group, Incorporated, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- It may only be play money, but the games in this book can help students better understand how important financial literacy is in their real lives. Play-based lesson plans in the book cover topics including spending and saving, risk assessment, and return on investment using fast-paced board and card games. a larger capstone game pulls together all of the concepts in a market-driven game that places students in the role of stockholders investing in and managing train companies. Who will use financial savvy to turn the biggest profit?Games:High Society. Reiner Knizia. Gryphon Games, 2008.Can't Stop. Sid Sackson. Gryphon Games, 2011.Panic on Wall Street. Britton Roney. Marabunta, 2011.Chicago Express. Harry Wu. Queen Games, 2007.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Elements of Financial Literacy
- Games and High Finance
- Train Games
- Playing to Learn
- Instructional Support
- Lesson 1: Spending and Saving in High Society
- Financial Literacy Information
- Lesson Plan 1A
- Benjamin Franklin's The Way to Wealth
- Lesson Plan 1B
- President Roosevelt Fireside Chat 1: On the Banking Crisis
- Lesson 2: Risk and Reward in Can't Stop
- Lesson Plan 2A
- Lesson Plan 2B
- Lesson 3: Stock Markets in Panic on Wall Street!
- Lesson Plan 3A
- A Brief History of the 1987 Stock Market Crash
- Lesson Plan 3B
- Lesson 4: Putting It Together In Chicago Express
- Lesson Plan 4A
- Lesson Plan 4B
- Appendix 1: Curriculum Alignments: Common Core Learning Standards
- Appendix 2: Data Gathering Sheets
- About the Authors
- Notes
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 12, 2018).
- ISBN:
- 1-4994-9019-4
- OCLC:
- 901215190
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