Thursday, March 26, 2020 |

Here are Resources for Families During the Coronavirus Outbreak.

April 13th is the newest re-start date, but that may change. Keep an eye on the news.

NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL STUDENTS!

For all Bodine students, here is an online course from Everfi entitled Marketplaces: Investing Basics. Please share this opportunity with your family and friends!

As students prepare to enter the working world it is more important than ever to have personal finance skills. Just look at economic effects of the Coronavirus; would you be financially prepared if you were to lose your job?

To start Everfi’s Marketplaces Online Course, click here to register. If you remember your Bodine Everfi account, you may use that.
The Course Code for Marketplaces is f8f79dc8.

Marketplaces Online Course Overview:
There are five Modules in Marketplaces.
Module 2, entitled “The Economy” explores the impact
the economy has on the world and everyone’s daily lives. It describes the economic indicators used to measure the economy and how the central bank uses policy to regulate it. Students apply their learning by predicting how individuals and businesses will behave in different economic climates.
By the end of Module 2, students will be able to:
– Describe how the economy impacts individuals and businesses.
– Evaluate the health of the economy using economic indicators.
– Describe the four phases of the business cycle.
– Analyze how the government and central bank use economic policy to regulate the business cycle.
– Predict how individuals and businesses will behave in a good or bad economy.

I will continue to provide additional online activities and articles for students who wish to keep learning subject-specific material over the Coronavirus Break. All lessons are voluntary, these “grades” will not count towards actual grades at this time. This work may “count” in the future when school re-starts. All students will be given time to complete all activities when school re-starts.

Personal Finance
For the 3rd Marking Period, Moneyskill Modules only up to Module 10 will count towards grades.
Students may continue modules at Moneyskill.org.

IB Business Management Seniors
Remember, IB exams will not take place this year.

Continuing Unit 2.5 Organizational (Corporate) Culture, here is another video on organizational (corporate) culture. I highly recommend that you watch this video from Tutor2u discussing Organizational Culture.

IB Business Management Juniors
As students eventually will read and take notes on Unit 3.5, here is a video explaining Liquidity Ratios.

Great Websites for Students During the CoronaVirus Break:

Here is a great article on paying off student loans fast.

Click here for Finviz graphics on stock performance.

Here is a list of the companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

This website shows how the Dow Jones Industrial Average is performing.

Here is access to the Approved Stock List for the Investment Competition.

Here is the Wharton Investment Competition Guidebook.

Here is Yahoo Finance, a great website for researching company data.

Here is why there is serious concern there could be a huge drop in the market (Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index came in at 47.8% in September, the lowest since June 2009).

Basic Investing Strategies
Click here to learn how the Dow Jones Industrial Average works.

Excellent videos covering many types of careers