Here are some free personal finance courses and resources.
Personal Finance Essentials: Eight modules to finish at your own pace.
Intro to Financial Literacy for Teens: From Udemy.
Personal Finance: From Udemy.
Pathway to Financial Success from Discovery Education offers lessons, teacher guides, videos, and games for elementary, middle school, and high school.
Everfi: Free money management lessons for elementary, middle school and high school learners.
Next Gen Personal Finance: Offers a free set of online lessons covering personal finance basics. The curriculum, published by the non-profit Center for Financial Capability, is presented in a series of units that include text and video resources, and activities.
Practical Money Skills: Features teachers guides and activities on money management for grades K – 12. Lessons for the earliest learners introduce money (what it is and how to earn it), then moves on to such topics as savings, loans, credit, budgeting and investing. There are 22 lessons for high school. There is also a section with free downloadable resources including money skills workbooks, and comic books that teach money management concepts.
Banzai: This site teaches key concepts in personal finance by presenting students with a number of real life scenarios. Tasks to be completed include paying rent, understanding your paycheck (taxes withheld, direct deposit, gross and net income), budgeting for gas, groceries and other expenses. Three versions are offered: Banzai Junior (aged 8–12); Banzai Teen, (aged 13–18); and Banzai Plus (aged 16 and up).
MoneyInstructor: features free lessons about money and basic economics
Khan Academy Financial Literacy: 16 units with teaching resources
PDF Textbook Chapters:
- Banking Services
- Consumer Credit
- Automobile Ownership
- Employment Basics
- Income Taxes
- Independent Living
- Preparing a Budget
Financial Literacy Worksheets & Answer Keys
Activity Sets for grades 6 – 8:
Activity Set 1: Learn about banks, credit, paying for college, careers
Activity Set 2: Learn about sales and income tax, simple and compound interest, making purchasing decisions
Activity Set 3: Learn about budgeting, and net worth statements
Business and Personal Finance Glencoe Textbook: 30 activities
More Resources
Fun With Money Activity Book: Problem-solving activities and games for grades 1 – 3.
