Real Money. Real World. (RMRW) is widely recognized as a high-quality financial literacy learning opportunity for youth ages 13-16 years. More than 43,000 young people participated in RMRW in 2019, and the data collected from post-course evaluations show strong evidence of student comprehension and retention of the important lessons learned.
Delivering RMRW in your community requires the purchase and use of the RMRW kit. Currently, only Extension offices are authorized to purchase the kit. County Extension professionals can then work with schools and community partners to provide the RMRW sessions. The curriculum includes an educator manual that details how to get started, how to organize the three parts of RMRW, and how to publicize the program. A training for your state is available upon request.
The kit consists of plastic corrugated panels (each 22”x28”) that create the posters used for the spending simulation booths and a set of comprehensive digital files containing the curriculum. The curriculum includes:
- Extension Professional Manual
- Simulation Documents Manual
- Classroom Documents Manual
- PowerPoint slide sets for teaching all five classroom lessons
Although the comprehensive RMRW kit is only available to extension professionals, the classroom teaching materials can be duplicated for use by multiple schoolteachers at the discretion of the Extension office.
If you are interested in purchasing the program the Real Money. Real World update is now available for purchase from OSU Extension Publishing.
- Visit extensionpubs.osu.edu and create an account in the top right corner.
- From your My Account screen, click on the last tab that says Request Tax Exemption. This will take you to a short survey. Please attach a valid Ohio Sales and Use Tax Exemption Certificate that includes your tax-exempt number or your Employer Identification Number (EIN) in the survey.
- Once tax-exempt paperwork has been submitted email extension-pubs@osu.edu and let them know that you would like to purchase Real Money. Real World.
- Because this program is only available to Land Grant universities, you will not see the product by searching “real money” until your account has been set up. Extension Pubs will email you when you can view the product and place your order.
Fast facts:
The cost is $379/ kit plus shipping. Extension Publications will process all orders. Please contact Extension Publications for questions or concerns regarding your order. Digital files will be available through Ohio State's OneDrive. You will see periodic updates to the materials (at least annually to account for changes in minimum wage, etc.) Please allow up to 10 business days for your order to ship and to be added to the OneDrive folder after purchase.