Learning Targets:
Targets for knowledge, skills, and behaviours below are possible targets. It is not expected that all will be covered by a single Teaching Unit. Teachers can select their learning targets using the Teaching Units provided (to the right), adaptations of these Teaching Units, or Units/Lesson Plans they develop on their own.
KNOW:
- Investment is key to making improvements in our economy
- Investments in people, equipment, capital, and other resources contribute to growth, innovation, and employment
- Different kinds of basic investments (GICs, stocks, bonds, mutual funds)
- How the stock market works
- Investing can result in losses as well as gains
- Different kinds of investment income (interest, dividends, capital gains)
- Roles of banks and other financial institutions in investment
- The “Rule of 72” to help predict the growth in value of an investment
- The impact compound interest can have on investments
BE ABLE TO:
- Identify investments that have led to improvements in the economy and their community
- Explain how investments in stocks can earn money and lose money
- Calculate interest that will be earned on a savings account or GIC investment
- Compare the risks of different kinds of investments
ACTION/BEHAVIOUR:
- Begin to invest resources they have – time, ideas, effort, etc. – to make improvements in their life
- If possible, start saving and investing early to provide longer time for growth
- Invest their time, effort, ideas, etc. as they are able to help others