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Stock Market Review
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START SESSION 2
Welcome & Allow Students to Get Settled: (5 minutes)
• Students enter classroom and get settled in their seats
• Grab snacks for the session
• Make sure they have their student curriculum books
• Make sure they have pen, pencil or marker
• Whole group: Lead volunteer provides a brief introduction to who the team is and introduces any new volunteers.
Attendance: (3 minutes)
IMPORTANT! Volunteers or Student CEO take attendance.
This qualifies them for alumnae benefits.
The attendance will be taken via a SurveyMonkey link. It will also be emailed to your Lead Volunteer and Student CEOs.
Students share out loud: Name, grade and a hobby they enjoy outside of school.
• Remind students of the agreed upon norms from session #1. Review Norms: (3 minutes)
• Read aloud the first three norms from session #1 and instruct students to write in the two norms that the whole group decided from session #1.
• Briefly discuss the agreed upon norms and address what these norms might look like in action during the session today.
Agenda: (3 minutes)
Talk through the guiding question and agenda as a whole group.
Guiding Question: What makes up the environmental pillar of ESG investing?
Students should be aware of what they will be learning about today and what they can expect from the session.
Let’s Teach: (5 minutes)
Ask students to think about what comes to mind when they hear the word “environment.“
Provide students with 60 seconds to jot down ideas that come to mind when they hear the word environment.
Students will record their thoughts and ideas in their student handbook.
After 60 seconds of think time, ask 2-3 students to share what they wrote or drew.
From here, you will introduce the key term of the day: Environmental
“Today we will be focusing on the E in ESG or environmental…”
Introduce the key term and discuss the examples with students out loud.
What other examples can they think of?
What other ways do companies impact the environment?
Instruction: (5 minutes)
Cohort will read out loud the four excerpts from the Forbes article, “Reducing Environmental Impact Is Now A Business Imperative” (2020)
Pause after the last excerpt to emphasize that companies that neglect to consider the effects of their policies and practices on the environment may be exposed to greater financial risk.
Without paying attention to how their operations affect the environment, companies can face sanctions, criminal prosecution and damage to their reputation. All of which risk harming shareholder value.
Stock Market Review: (15 minutes)
In order to discuss how environmental factors impact company value we need to introduce the stock market…
Please note that for some students this may be the 1st time learning about the stock market, while for others they may be familiar with the general concept of stocks.
Be cautious as you introduce stocks and be sure to pause to check student understanding.
