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On this day in American History, January 4, 1865, the New York Stock Exchange opened its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad Street in New York City, New York.
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January 4 – NYSE Opens First Headquarters
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) opened its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad Street, near Wall Street in New York City, on this day in 1865.
To do:
1.) Answer the following questions in your notebook:
- What is a stock market?
- Are only stocks traded on the stock market?
- What does it mean when people say the stock market is going up or down?
You can use this website and video to help you: Easy Peasy Finance – For Kids, Teenagers, and Beginning Traders
2.) The NYSE is currently located on Wall Street in New York City. Use a map program or app (Maps, Google Earth, etc.) to locate Broad Street, New York, New York and Wall Street, New York, New York. What is the distance between the two destinations?
3.) What other major U.S. event ended in 1865?
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Each day, I share an interesting event that occurred in our nation’s past. You will learn about famous Americans, interesting inventions and their patents, American art and music, and more.
You will also find suggested activities – labeled “To do” – if you would like to research this during your homeschool’s group time in the morning, or you can assign the activities for your children to work on independently.
If you think you will do more than one day of On This Day in American History, I would encourage you to have your child keep what I call a Notebook of Knowledge. A spiral notebook or sheets of paper stapled together is more than adequate!
Have your child write the day’s event and the date at the top of his paper. If there are writing activities, have him use his best composition, grammar, and penmanship as he completes the answers. After just a few weeks or even a month, he will have an excellent resource to read through!
If you would like to use this resource throughout the month, you might be interested in purchasing the full January Calendar. It contains:
- Access to the webpage with all of the January events listed, including all suggested activities for each daily event.
- A .pdf of the January Calendar, listed in chronological order with all suggested activities
- All necessary downloads to complete the assigned activities. These same downloads are linked on the webpage, however, they are also included here for easy access.
- The answers to any questions asked in the daily activities.
You can purchase that here:
On This Day in American History: January 3 – Washington Wins Battle of Princeton
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