The Stock Market- A F.O.C.U.S. Webquest

Resources

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The following web-based resources were used to develop this webquest, or will provide more historical and background information for your more enthusiastic learners:

Stock market websites

http://www.younginvestor.com/kids/investIt/articleUnderstandStockMarket.asp

http://www.hermes-press.com/wshist1.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/3096/beginner.htm

http://stock-market.superiorinvestor.net/stock-market-history.html

http://www.stockmarketinvestinginfo.com/smi_history.html

http://www.atozinvestments.com/stockmarkethistory.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/3088/stockmarket/introduction.html

http://stockmarkettrivia.com/

http://upennmuseum.com/cuneiform.cgi

'Map' of Wall Street/city blocks http://home.nyc.rr.com/jkn/nysonglines/wall.htm

http://ezinearticles.com/?Stock-Market-Guide&id=84079

http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Does-A-Buttonwood-Tree-Have-To-Do-With-the-New-York-Stock-Exchange?&id=132592

Why does the stock market use fractions? http://money.howstuffworks.com/question573.htm

http://www.nyse.com/about/history/timeline_chronology_index.html

http://www.collegestock.com/articles/The-Rise-Of-Wall-Street-History-Of-The-Stock-Market.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_exchange

http://moneynews.newsmax.com/money/archives/articles/2007/5/10/145543.cfm

http://moneynews.newsmax.com/money/archives/articles/2007/5/10/145543.cfm

For advanced readers

The Story of a Street: A Narrative History of Wall Street from ... - Google Books Result by Frederick Trevor Hill - 1908 - Wall Street (New York, N. Y.)

Kids share with parents:

http://www.kidsmoney.org/invqa.htm#Adv3

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