
How to Use a Stock Market Simulator in the Classroom
How to use a stock market simulator in the classroom: setup, lesson ideas, grading, and pitfalls to avoid. A practical guide for high school teachers.








Clarissa is a Curriculum Designer at Rapunzl with five years of experience designing digital curriculum for K-12 classrooms. She builds Rapunzl's standards-aligned personal finance courses, translating complex financial concepts — from budgeting to portfolio diversification — into lessons any teacher can deliver, no finance background required. Her work is aligned to the Council for Economic Education's national standards and state financial literacy requirements.

How to use a stock market simulator in the classroom: setup, lesson ideas, grading, and pitfalls to avoid. A practical guide for high school teachers.

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