Free resources for business teachers and personal finance teachers

Bring a variety of fresh, ready-to-use business content into your classroom

Free, classroom-ready business + personal finance + entrepreneurship resources for both middle school business teachers and high school business teachers.

Dear Business Colleague,

If you teach middle school or high school Business / Entrepreneurship / Personal Finance, you know the challenge: students learn best when money feels real - but truly engaging activities can be hard to find (and often sit behind paywalls).

That’s why I want to share Mr. Robertson’s Corner - a free, educator-built site with practical, student-friendly resources for business, career readiness, and financial literacy. The goal is simple: help students build real-world money and business skills through clear explanations, discussion prompts, and interactive learning experiences.

What makes Mr. Robertson’s Corner especially useful for business & personal finance teachers

1) Personal finance simulation games you can use immediately
The site highlights hands-on games your students can jump into - perfect for bell ringers, stations, sub plans, or a full-class “life budgeting” day. For example:

• SPENT (a month-in-the-life budgeting survival simulation)
• Build Your Stax (a long-term investing simulation with multiple asset types, life-event surprises, and end-of-game reflection)
• Time for Payback (a personal finance simulation focused on real-life money decisions)

These aren’t just links - posts include helpful context and reflection/discussion questions so you can turn the activity into instruction.

2) Clear, teen-friendly financial literacy explainers
Need a straightforward reading assignment that students actually understand? The site includes approachable guides like this student-centered explanation of credit and credit scores - ideal for introducing responsible borrowing, budgeting habits, and financial decision-making. Here's an article highlighting the differences between stocks and bonds, and another explaining common vocabulary terms used in personal finance.

3) Broader “business mindset” coverage
In addition to finance topics, Mr. Robertson’s Corner spans business, entrepreneurship, careers, and workforce readiness, making it easy to pull in quick lessons on the “why” behind money: work, skills, choices, opportunity cost, and long-term planning.

4) Free access - no subscriptions
Everything is designed to be easy to access and share with students - no logins, no paywalls, no “limited preview” frustration.

A quick way to try it next week

Pick one finance game and run it as a 30-45 minute experience:

1. Students play individually or in pairs
2. Students answer the built-in reflection questions
3. Quick debrief: “What would you do differently next time - and why?”

If you’d like, email me with the course you teach (Personal Finance, Entrepreneurship, Intro to Business, etc.) and your grade level, and I’ll suggest a short “starter path” of posts and activities that fit your scope and sequence.

All the Best,

Aaron S. Robertson