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Teacher Resources

Teach students the basics of share investment in a fun, educational and innovative way.

Schools Sharemarket Game

Free to enter
Open to Australian school students (years 7-12)
Total prize pool over $25,000
Certificates of participation for students who take part.

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Teacher professional development

Brush up on your own knowledge of the sharemarket before teaching the students.

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Sharemarket lesson plans

All lesson plans are provided in PDF format.

#	Original Lessons
1	Introduction to the sharemarket (327KB)
2	How the primary sharemarket works (837KB)
3	How the secondary sharemarket works (879KB)
4	Why do share prices change? (1MB)
5	The role of the Australian Securities Exchange (700KB)
6	Getting ready to invest (713KB)
7	How to buy and sell shares (700KB)
8	Keeping track of your share investments (800KB)
RA	Company research assignment (286KB)

#	Quick Start Lessons
1	The Sharemarket Game (3.9MB)
2	Company Research (3MB)
3	Your Game plan (3.1MB)
4	The ASX charts (3.4MB)
5	Money and risk management (3.4MB)
6	The economy and the sharemarket (3.6MB)
7	History: Booms and busts (3.6MB)

(Right-click and choose 'Save Target As' to save these lessons to your computer).

Updated January 2012

Teacher notes & answers

Only 'Student Lessons' are available on this page.
Teacher notes and answers are available on the Teachers’ Game Home Page.

These Teacher Resources are intended to be used for educational purposes only. The information on this site is general and is not intended as investment advice and must not be relied upon as such. You should obtain professional investment advice tailored to your specific circumstances prior to making any investment decisions. To the extent permitted by law, no responsibility for any loss arising in any way (including by way of negligence) suffered by anyone acting or refraining from acting as a result of this material is accepted by ASX (c) 2011 Copyright ASX Operations Pty Limited ABN 42 004 523 782. All rights reserved.