Partnership with Vanguard
Investing Comes Alive: A Standards‑Aligned Investment Simulation from Vanguard
Objective
Teachers will be able to:
- Explore how to implement a standards-aligned investing simulation
- Integrate My Classroom Investor into their instruction, using its alignment to national standards and built-in learning structures to support student outcomes.
- Identify strategies to deepen student understanding of financial decision-making
- Leverage realistic scenarios, reflection, and multi-dimensional scoring to help students think critically about risk, goals, and long-term investing—not just short-term gains.
Standards
Concepts

Description
Make investing real and relevant for students Experience a hands-on simulation where students learn through realistic scenarios, character-based decisions, and reflection—building understanding beyond memorization. Confidently align to national standards See how My Classroom Investor integrates with national financial literacy standards, making it easy to deliver rigorous, standards-aligned instruction without adding extra planning burden. Access free, flexible tools that drive deeper learning Discover how to use Vanguard’s free simulator alongside My Classroom Economy to teach earning, saving, spending, and investing—while leveraging customizable settings and multi-dimensional scoring to fit your classroom needs