Free curriculum and resources for teachers, parents, and communities teaching the long history of money, from Yap stones to Bitcoin. Our first packets are coming this school year.
The Money Wisdom Project is a nonprofit publishing free, high-quality curriculum that traces money through its many inventions, including barter, coinage, paper, central banking, and Bitcoin. We make it for the teachers, parents, and community leaders who want their learners to understand the world they're inheriting.
More about the project →"Sound money is an instrument for the protection of civil liberties against despotic inroads on the part of governments."Ludwig von Mises
"I need something I can teach Monday morning that I won't be embarrassed by Friday afternoon."
Self-contained packets you can drop into your existing unit on early civilizations, the colonial economy, or the twentieth century. Aligned to Common Core, NCSS, and Jump$tart standards.
See what's coming →
"I want to teach my kids about money, and not get it wrong on a subject this important."
For homeschoolers and parents teaching alongside traditional school. Story-rich, beautifully made, ready to use without a week of prep.
Resources for parents →
"I want my community to understand sound money the way earlier generations understood weights and measures."
For Bitcoin circular economies and community organizers. Book club kits, discussion guides, and youth lessons your network can use. Patient, accurate, and free of jargon.
Explore the curriculum →Two connected programs to make monetary history accessible to every learner, in school, at home, and in community.
Twenty-eight topics and growing, each released as one to four-week units across multiple grade levels, designed for direct teacher and parent adoption.
Our growing library, including Shells to Satoshi, Ownschooling, and the History of Money children's series, paired with discussion guides and book club kits for circular economies and community organizations.
Dr. Deanna Heikkinen
Educator, curriculum designer, and author. Holding a Doctorate in Education and dual master's degrees in History and Anthropology, Deanna brings 15+ years of teaching across primary grades through college to the work of monetary literacy.
She is the author of Shells to Satoshi: The Story of Money and the Rise of Bitcoin, Ownschooling: Bitcoin, Sovereignty and Education, and the History of Money children's book series.
The Money Wisdom Project is a nonprofit. Every curriculum packet, every translation, and every teacher's guide is free because donors make it free. Give in dollars or in bitcoin. Either way, the work continues.
Donations are processed through Givebutter, our nonprofit giving platform. One-time or recurring, any amount. You will receive an emailed receipt for your records.
Give on Givebutter →Givebutter handles our secure payment processing and issues tax receipts on our behalf.
Send any amount of bitcoin through the Lightning Network. The button opens our Strike donation page, where you can pay from any Lightning wallet, on-chain, or with the Strike app.
Donate with Strike →Or send directly from your wallet to our Lightning address: moneywisdomproj@strike.me
The Money Wisdom Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Bitcoin donations are not currently issued tax receipts; for a tax-deductible gift, please use Givebutter.
