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Walkin' on Wall Street

From Schoolhouse Rock! · 1995

Walkin' on Wall Street
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Summary

A stroll down Wall Street introduces the stock market - buying small pieces of companies in hopes they grow.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

A stroll down Wall Street introduces the stock market - buying small pieces of companies in hopes they grow..

  1. What are you buying when you buy a stock?
  2. Why might a stock's value go up or down?
  3. What's the risk of investing money?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: stock, company, invest.

Try it: Explain in one sentence what it means to own a 'share' of a company.