Free Teacher Resources for AP Business with Personal Finance

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More than 25 ready-to-use resources: a full practice exam, FRQ practice with model answers, unit reviews, vocabulary tools, ten class games, real-company case studies, project examples, and personal finance calculators.

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Full-year teacher curriculum
50 interactive classroom lessons
500 digital flashcards for students

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Assign any of these, project them in class, or drop the links straight into Canvas, Google Classroom, or Schoology.

Exam practice

Practice that mirrors the real exam, with explanations students can learn from.

Full practice examA timed, full-length exam simulation, plus 300+ practice questions with answer explanations.Assign Unit 1 practice testQuestions on Tasks 1 to 8, with answers and explanations.Assign Unit 2 practice test70 marketing questions on Tasks 1 to 8, including data-based case sets, with explanations.Assign Unit 3 practice test: Tasks 1–550 questions on saving, credit, business expenses, and financial capital, for the first Unit 3 test.Assign Unit 3 practice test: Tasks 6–1050 questions on the three financial statements and ethics, for the second Unit 3 test.Assign Unit 4 practice test50 questions on hiring and pay, KPIs, PACED decisions, Five Forces, and SWOT, plus an FRQ with a scoring guide.Assign Practice Exam 2A second full-length, timed exam with 60 different questions, for a retest.Assign All practice testsEvery unit test and both full exams on one page, with notes on when to use each.Share Printable formula sheetEvery Units 1–4 formula on one page, with worked examples on screen. Prints to a single sheet.Print FRQ practiceFree-response practice in the real exam formats, with scoring guidance.Bell-ringer FRQ model answersWorked, annotated full-mark responses that show where each rubric point comes from.Project it Score calculatorStudents estimate their 1 to 5 score from practice results using the exam weighting.Exam guideHow the exam is structured, what each section is worth, and how to prepare.

Review and study

Unit reviews and short explainers students can use on their own.

Unit-by-unit reviewEvery unit broken down for focused study before a test or the exam.Assign Unit 1 study guideA full concept review of Unit 1 with key terms and self-check questions.Assign Unit 2 study guideA full review of Unit 2 (Marketing), including the CAC, CLV, and pricing math.Assign Unit 3 study guideAll of Unit 3 in two parts (Tasks 1–5 and 6–10), with worked examples and a formula sheet.Assign Unit 4 study guideAll of Unit 4 (Tasks 1–5): hiring and pay, KPIs and benchmarks, PACED, Five Forces, and SWOT.Assign Study planA ready-to-share plan that paces students from now until exam day.

Topic explainersShort, readable pages on dozens of course topics, from SWOT analysis to compound interest:Foundations Marketing Finance and accounting Management Personal finance

Vocabulary

Every key term, organized the way you teach it.

A to Z vocabularyEvery key term with a student-friendly definition, plus a challenge quiz.Assign Vocabulary by sectionTerms grouped by section (1-1, 1-2, and so on), ready for section quizzes.Plan with it Vocabulary flashcardsA free flip-card deck with a learn mode for self-study.Assign

Class games

Games built around the course content. Students join with a code or play solo, with no accounts.

Class ShowdownA live quiz you host on the projector: vocabulary, AP questions, case sets, and task review rounds for every project. Students join with a code.Whole class Market ShareA multiplayer business board game for tables of 2 to 6, with AP questions everyone answers.Small groups Stock Market ChallengeA classroom stock game with real prices and a class leaderboard.Whole class Capy MartStudents run a store and read a real income statement every night.Solo Budget Life SimA life simulator: build an avatar, pick a path after high school, and live 24 months of paychecks, bills, credit, housing, cars, and careers.Solo Cha-ChingA real-time business tycoon game: open businesses in a busy town and set prices, wages, quality, and marketing to beat rivals to three goals. Ends with an income statement and balance sheet.Solo or up to 4 players Price It RightA six-round pricing game show: test prices, face a rival store, guess real prices, pick strategies, and solve break-even problems. Daily show plus a class leaderboard.Solo or class Capy KicksA supply chain tycoon game like Capy Mart: order materials, run machines, beat bottlenecks, and supply a mall. Includes a Beer Game bonus mode.Solo Paper TrailA forensic accounting mystery: investigate embezzlement cases, flag stolen money, and find the assets. Two cases are based on real events.Solo or pairs Match the StatementSort line items onto the right financial statement.Solo

Projects and case studies

Complete worked examples for a brand-new course with very few models.

Business Canvas Project guideA step-by-step guide to the through-course project, with three fully worked examples.Project it Sample Financial Advisor ProjectA complete example of the Unit 5 project.Project it Case studiesA real-company case for every task in Units 1–4, with reading, practice, and discussion questions, sample answers, and a print-ready student version.Assign All projectsEvery project page in one place, with notes for teachers.

Personal finance tools

Calculators students can use in class or at home.

Personal finance calculatorsBudgets, loans, compound interest, and more, explained step by step.Assign Question of the dayA new practice question on the homepage every day. It makes an easy bell-ringer.Bell-ringer

Optional paid resources

Everything in the section above is free. For teachers who want more, these paid resources are also available. They’re completely optional, and each has a free preview so you can see exactly what you’d get first.

Full-year teacher curriculum 180 days of lesson plans with editable slides, handouts, projects, assessments, and answer keys. Includes one complete lesson free. See the free sample lesson

50 interactive classroom lessons Fifty 45-minute browser-based business simulations. Each ends with a student report you can collect in your LMS. $149.99 for a one-teacher classroom license. Three sample lessons are free. Try the free sample lessons

500 digital flashcards Concept, calculation, and scenario cards across all five units, with saved progress and an exam-review mode. $24.99 per student. Ten cards are free to try. Try 10 cards free

Ways teachers use it

Open class with the Question of the Day as a bell-ringer.
Host a Class Showdown review round the day before a unit test.
Assign a unit review as homework, then use its practice questions as the next day’s warm-up.
Project an FRQ prompt, have students draft a response, and debrief with the model answer.
On a reward day, run Market Share at each table, or have students play Capy Mart and explain one line of their income statement.
Build quick section quizzes from the vocabulary-by-section lists.

For a full walkthrough, from bell ringers and a unit-by-unit plan to sub days and exam season, read the teacher guide. To share the site with students, send them the student guide.

Good to know

No accountsStudents never sign up. The class games ask only for a first name or nickname and a game code.

Any deviceEverything runs in a web browser on Chromebooks, laptops, tablets, and phones.

Progress stays localSolo games save progress in each student’s own browser, not on a server.

IndependentThis is not affiliated with or endorsed by College Board.

This is an independent study resource, built and maintained by a practicing high school business teacher who teaches AP Business with Personal Finance (and Honors Accounting). It is not affiliated with or endorsed by College Board.

Free resources for teaching AP Business with Personal Finance