$The Money Savvy Teen

finally —

a finance class students don't tune out.

A genuinely funny book (Jump$tart Coalition approved) about developing smart money habits by Robbie Hyman, paired with print-and-teach lessons that map to the standards you already answer to.

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Bloomsbury AcademicGrades 6–12
The Money Savvy Teen — book cover
Standards alignment built-in
Quizzes & exams included
Lesson plans included
ZERO weekend prep
You teach Monday
Listed in the Jump$tart Clearinghouse Aligned to CEE & Jump$tart standards Perfect for Middle School & High School

Why teachers adopt it

Standards you can defend. Prep you don't have to do.

Three reasons curriculum directors and classroom teachers put this book on the list.

01 Meets the bar

Built to the standards you report on

Every unit maps to Jump$tart National Standards and the Council for Economic Education, so it drops into your scope and sequence without rebuilding your alignment docs.

02 Zero prep

Plug-and-play, not prep-all-weekend

Quizzes, exams, handouts, discussion prompts, and full lesson plans arrive ready to print and teach. Open the file, hit print, walk in prepared.

03 Actually read

Written to be read, not assigned and ignored

Humor and real stories carry the lessons, so students keep turning pages — and remember what spending, saving, credit, and debt actually mean.

What students walk away with

Money sense they'll use the same week.

The book covers the mechanics of money and the social side of it — the part most courses skip. A few of the lessons inside:

What reviewers say

Endorsed by people who study money for a living.

Brings humor, stories, and research together so smart money habits feel doable and even fun.

Hal Hershfield · UCLA professor, author of Your Future Self

Made personal finance fun — and the book is "a blast to read."

Jim Armstrong · Composite Ventures, Forbes Midas List investor

Learning these habits early gives teens a real jumpstart on financial success and peace of mind.

Emil Peters · CEO, Tunstall Group

Standards alignment

Aligned to the standards in all 50 states.

The book maps to all six Jump$tart/CEE national standard topics — and as 29 states now require a standalone personal finance course, it's ready for your mandate. Every curriculum set ships with its own alignment sheet.

See the 50-state alignment → Download the chart (PDF)
  • Jump$tart / CEE StandardsAll 6 topics
  • Common Core ELA (CCSS)Reading & writing
  • Graduation-ready29 states require a course
  • Alignment sheetIn every curriculum set

The companion curriculum

Pick the length that fits your calendar.

Same book, three ready-to-teach builds. Download the one that matches your term and start Monday.

3 weeks

Mini-Unit

A self-contained 15-day intro unit

Inside

  • 15 daily UbD lesson plans
  • End-of-unit quiz + answer key
  • Worksheets, scenario cards, ad lab
  • Pacing guide & standards alignment

DOCX + PDF

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9 weeks

Quarter

A 45-day module for an existing course

Inside

  • 45 expanded daily plans
  • Three quizzes + culminating exam
  • Budget & lending projects
  • Full Educator's Guide

DOCX + PDF

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18 weeks

Full Semester

A complete 90-lesson finance course

Inside

  • 90 daily UbD lesson plans
  • Three 100-pt Part exams
  • Financial Plan + 100 journal prompts
  • Full Educator's Guide

DOCX + PDF

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Robbie Hyman, author of The Money Savvy Teen

About the author

Robbie Hyman

Robbie Hyman is a professional marketing writer whose clients include finance companies across the US, Canada, Europe, and Israel — among them lenders, a financial-software maker, and private equity firms. He wrote The Money Savvy Teen to give young readers the practical money lessons most of us pick up the hard way, in a voice that actually keeps them reading.

Put it in front of your students.

Order the book for your shelves, then download the curriculum set that fits your term.

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