we can celebrate the joy if investing in the future. every student can start investing before they leave school .. fundrise, acorns, betterment, Robin hood... let's share these ideas
Would you like to save money for the future? Where?
A) in a savings account in a bank?
B) in a group who invests in one house?
C) in a group that invests in 50 houses?
Hmmmm. What does "diversified" mean?
Lesson plan for financial literacy
To introduce students to low cost ways to invest in the future a bit at a time
https://fundrise.com/investments/starter-plan
Please improve this lesson plan. Let's get it printed up so we can test this lesson on several students
Lesson plan
Ask students to view the fundrise website. Or print parts of the site
Vocabulary
Real estate
Stocks
Tax
Capital gains
Capital gains tax
Trust
Investment
Real estate investment trust
Loss
Rental income
Business cycle
Probability
Likelihood
Statistics
Graph
Diversify
Bonds
Rental income
Essential questions
1. Why does the demand for rental apartments increase?
2. When in the business cycle does demand for rental apartments increase?
3. Where are we in the current business cycle?
4. What is the likelihood that demand for rental apartments will remain strong?
5. What does it mean to "diversify your assets?"
Essential photos and images
1. Image of graph Dow Jones industrial average and s&p500 average over 70 years
2. Graph of typical returns on home values
3. Find. Graph showing values of rental properties
Essential quotes
"Invest in land. They aren't making any more of it" mark Twain
"I want to diversify and invest in rental properties but I dont need a second job, working as a landlord"
Robert Farrington
"Don't put your eggs in one basket" proverb
Objectives of the lesson
1. Answer essential questions
2. Define the vocabulary
3. Ask students to become advisors for a person who inherits 20.000 dollars. Is it a good idea to put all of the money into the stock market?
If not, what portion of assets should the person put into real estate?
4. What is an advantage of investing in fundrise or a similar way of investing in several projects at once?
Search. "Real estate investment opportunities diversify"
This lesson plan is under development. If you find ways to improve the plan, please write to stevemflorida1@gmail.com or send a text message to 954 693 6379
Thank you
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