CLASS DISCUSSION

• Weekly Review Emails provide articles and discussion questions.
• Have students select Journal articles related to course topics they’re interested in for discussion and analysis.
• Have students defend contrary viewpoints based on The Journal’s Opinion pages.

EXAMS AND QUIZZES

• Quiz students on current business and world news based on the daily “What’s News” column.
• Use articles as bases for exam questions. Ask students to review articles and apply course concepts to business situations.

ASSIGNMENTS AND PROJECTS

• Ask students to select a product or industry, collect related Journal articles and prepare a paper on how the events in the articles affected it.
• Assign companies for students to follow, using WSJ.com’s World section to understand regional differences.
• Engage students in a stock market competition, using The Journal’s up-to-date market information and insights.
• Try these additional Integration Ideas to engage your students.
  • Assessing a Student’s Knowledge Base of Economic and Business Terminology
  • Introduction to the U.S. Stock Exchanges and Stock Price Reporting
  • Introduction to Foreign Currency and Capital Markets
  • Economic and Business Statistics: What Do They Mean?
  • Get to the Point!
  • Compare and Contrast
  • Who, What, When, Why and the Ripple Effect
  • Scavenger Hunt
  • Prepare to Advise a CEO
  • Assess the Impact
  • Rank the Importance
  • Company Tracking
  • Financial Newscast
  • Evaluation rubric