Econ Illinois:
The Stock Market Game program -
Celebrating 22 Years in Illinois!
READ ABOUT the results of a year-long independent study assessing gains in student achievement in mathematics and financial literacy for students participating in The Stock Market Game program!
Onsite Training and one-hour after-school Webinars have now been scheduled! Take a look!
About The Stock Market Game program
Provided in Illinois by Econ Illinois, The Stock Market Game™ program is an online education program used in thousands of classrooms nationwide to help teach math, social studies, business, economics and language skills while focusing on the importance of long-term savings and investment. In Illinois, the SMG program has engaged over 520,000 students since it was introduced in 1988. In school year 09-10, nearly 33,000 Illinois students participated in this multi-curricular learning program!
Students in grades 4-12 participate in teams and manage a simulated investment portfolio during ten to thirty-two weeks of the school year. Teachers access grade- and subject-specific lesson plans, activities, newsletters and tutorials for classroom instruction.
Stock Market Game lessons and activities are available to registered teachers in four mastery levels and four different grade divisions. Thus, the same students can increase learning by being involved in the SMG more than once - two grading periods of the same year, or two or more years in school.
Core SMG lessons are available in Spanish. Most lessons registered teachers download from the Teacher Support Center are offered both in English and Spanish!
Teachers new to The Stock Market Game program should visit the SMG's public website at www.stockmarketgame.org for complete information on the program and to see a demonstration of how it works. Then follow the Registration link to the Illinois information pages.
Returning teachers can go to the shortcut address for the Illinois information pages of SMG at: http://illinois.smgww.org. Here, the visitor will find links to the most up-to-date information on the SMG in Illinois - game dates, rules, teacher training, competitive divisions and sponsorships.
Teacher Resources and Training
Print, online and video resources for classroom management, student instruction, teacher training and awards are found under this section.
