Teaching Resources
Teaching Library Directory
Worksheets, lesson plans, video lessons, and interactive generators for teaching personal finance — organized by topic, grade level, and resource type.
MoneyInstructor is currently modernizing its teaching library. This directory features newly built resource pages alongside selected resources from the existing member system. Additional topics and resource types are being organized and added on an ongoing basis. For structured 5-day classroom units, browse the Financial Literacy Curriculum — Banking, Budgeting, and Credit.
Featured Teaching Resources
Two flagship teaching resources — one for budgeting, one for banking. Both included with Full Membership.
Featured Budgeting Lesson · Grades 9–12
First Paycheck, Real Choices: Building Your First Monthly Budget
A complete 45-minute budgeting lesson where students read a realistic pay stub, build a monthly budget, and handle a surprise expense.
Includes student worksheet, teacher guide, answer key, and extension activity. Free sample available.
Featured Banking Lesson · Grades 8–12
Checking Account Simulation
A hands-on banking activity where students practice check writing, deposits, withdrawals, check register balancing, and reviewing a bank statement.
Includes student materials, teacher guide, answer key, and a free sample. Full lesson included with Full Membership.
Teaching Library
Browse the Teaching Library
The complete MoneyInstructor teaching library organized by subject. Each category links to newly built resource pages on this site and to the full legacy member library.
Counting Money
Coins, bills, coin recognition, making change, counting exercises, and play money activities for K–5.
Basic Money Skills
Money vocabulary, money history, handwriting practice, coloring pages, and classroom games for K–6.
Earning and Spending
Earning money, spending, donating, budgeting, paychecks, credit cards, taxes, insurance, real estate, and college costs.
Money Math
Money math problems, business math, and applied arithmetic across grade levels.
Saving and Investing
Checking accounts, banking, saving, interest, investing, stocks, economics, and classroom economy.
Business and Careers
Careers, job skills, résumés, interviewing, career planning, business writing, accounting, customer service, and public speaking.
Educational Tools
Teaching tools, worksheet generators, classroom aids, printable templates, and AI-powered educator tools for creating custom financial literacy materials on demand.
Money Management
Money management, everyday financial decisions, practical budgeting, and life skills for independent living.
Featured Topic
Budgeting & Paycheck Resources
Budgeting and paychecks are the most fully developed topic in the new teaching library — with video lessons, interactive generators, lesson plans, and a premium lesson bundle. A selection of featured resources:
What Is a Budget?
Answers the simplest question in personal finance — what a budget is and why having one matters. The right starting point for any grade level.
View Lesson →What Is a Paycheck?
A foundational video explaining what a paycheck is and where the money comes from — the ideal opener for any paychecks or income unit.
View Lesson →Needs vs. Wants Worksheet
Students classify everyday items as needs or wants — the foundational concept behind every budgeting lesson, and one that consistently generates real classroom discussion.
View Resource →Earnings Statement Worksheet
Generates randomized earnings statements at two difficulty levels. Set a custom employee name or bulk-generate a personalized pay stub for every student in class.
View Resource →Create a Budget — Lesson Plan
A full structured lesson covering what a budget is, why it matters, and how to build one — from listing income to categorizing expenses and making the numbers balance.
View Resource →College Budget Worksheet
Students plan a realistic college budget — tuition, housing, food, and personal expenses — developing financial planning habits before they leave for campus.
View Resource →Grade Level Coverage
Resources by grade level
MoneyInstructor resources span early elementary through adult education. Some categories are fully organized on the new site, while others still connect to the legacy member library during the transition.
Needs vs. wants, basic spending choices, and first-budget concepts with simple, visual formats. Includes the Children’s Budget Worksheet.
Budget-building, expense categories, the spending log, and introductions to income and saving. Includes structured lesson plans and video lessons.
Realistic budgeting, paycheck literacy, financial goal-setting, and the flagship lesson — First Paycheck, Real Choices. Includes teacher guides and answer keys.
Practical money management, college planning, and financial literacy for adult learners and continuing education programs.
Resource Types
What type of resource do you need?
Every resource in this directory is labeled by type. Here is what each type means so you know what to expect before you click.
Interactive Generators
Interactive tools that generate randomized or customized worksheets on demand. Some are currently accessed through the legacy member system while they are being evaluated for future rebuilds.
Video Lessons
Short instructional videos for classroom use, presented here with teacher summaries, learning objectives, and discussion questions. Free to view. Currently available for budgeting and paycheck topics.
Worksheets
Printable, structured student activities with defined tasks and answer sections. Available for K through Adult across all major topics. Most are member resources.
Lesson Plans & Activities
Full structured lessons with objectives, step-by-step instructions, and discussion prompts ready to use in one class period. Includes multi-day activities like the week-long Spending Log. Member resources.
Premium Lesson Bundles
Complete, scenario-based lesson packs with student materials, teacher guide with answer key, and extension activity — all in one download. Full Membership required. Currently: First Paycheck, Real Choices (budgeting) and Checking Account Simulation (banking).
Free Resources
Video lessons and free sample PDFs available with no account required. Free resources are clearly labeled with a gold Free badge throughout this directory.
Full Access
Get full access to the complete MoneyInstructor teaching library
Membership gives you unlimited access to worksheets, interactive generators, lesson plans, answer keys, and premium lesson bundles — across every financial literacy topic, for every grade level.