Indiana Stock Market Game

A real world teaching tool

Get your students excited about learning! Using actual data from the stock markets, teams of students are given a hypothetical $100,000 to create and manage a portfolio of stocks and mutual funds. Before they know it, students are learning about financial markets such as the New York Stock Exchange, understanding the basics of personal investing and enhancing skills learned in math, reading, and technology.

Program flyer (pdf)

Why use the Indiana Stock Market Program in your classroom?

The Indiana Stock Market Game is a widely popular teaching tool used in grades four through twelve. The Stock Market Program is popular because it fits into many different disciplines and activities such as social studies, math, business education, and even language arts. Teachers can organize the program to fit their particular needs. The Stock Market Program can also be used as an extra-curricular activity.

Students will:

• Learn about the financial and economic system of the United States.
• Learn the value of personal saving and investing in planning for the future.

• Study current events to analyze how they affect financial and economic decisions.
• Apply sound investment principles to avoid investment “scams.”
• Learn how to gather information from newspapers and on-line sources.
• Develop skills necessary for working in groups.
• Apply skills learned in other subject areas.

Meeting the Indiana Academic Standards

The Indiana Stock Market Program is a useful resource for teachers because it allows for the integration of various content areas. Lessons found in the Teacher Support Center are aligned to national and state academic standards in Social Studies, Economics, Mathematics, Language Arts, and Business. To view the correlation, visit the Teacher Support Center, click on "In the Classroom" click on "Standards"

Indiana Stock Market Program Basics

Registration

Registration Instructions
Register for your team accounts and passwords on-line at www.stockmarketgame.org. Be sure to complete all the information. Upon registering, you will receive all materials necessary to participate in the program, including team numbers and supporting resources for classroom instruction.

Training
The ICEE offer training workshops throughout the year. Each training workshop for teachers is provided free-of-charge throughout the state. For registration information see the workshop links on the right sidebar of this page or e-mail jjsanson@purdue.edu or call (800) 790-6640.

Awards
Students will compete for best portfolio performance both regionally and statewide. The top-performing teams will receive prizes and recognition.

Regional and State Awards for 2008-09 will be announced in August 2008!

Sponsors and Partners

Sponsors
Office of the Indiana Secretary of State, Todd Rokita
Office of the Indiana State Treasurer, Richard Mourdock and Indiana CollegeChoice 529 College Savings Plans
Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne
Carroll County REMC
Duke Realty
Hancock Telecom
Hoosier Park
Maddox, Hargett & Caruso, P.C.
Jim & Jeannie Ruthrauff and Merrill Lynch
SIFMA Foundation for Investor Education
Vanderburgh County Farm Bureau

Centers for Economic Education
Indiana University Northwest
Indiana University South Bend
IPFW
Ball State University
Purdue University
Indiana University Kokomo
IUPUI
Indiana State University
Indiana University East
Economics Center at Columbus
University of Southern Indiana
Indiana University Southeast

For More Information

Contact
Jeff Sanson
Indiana Stock Market Program Coordinator
Help Desk Phone 800-790-6640
E-mail: jjsanson@purdue.edu