Reading diary (with links to recommended books, websites, blogs, podcasts and interviews) for A-level Economics students. I update the Google doc each week with new material (so please comment with any recommendations that you have and I will add them in). I ask my students to read/listen to at least three pieces a week.

A simple template to help Edexcel A-level Economics students plan 20-mark Macro essays. I ask my students to submit a completed plan with every essay. Micro essay planner here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12538333

Random selection of AS Economics (Unit 1) multiple choice questions (with answers) from Edexcel past papers. I used this with my Year 12 students after finishing chapter 10 (Supply & Price Elasticity of Supply).

A simple template to help Edexcel A-level Economics students plan 20-mark Micro essays. I ask my students to submit a completed plan with every essay. Macro essay planner here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12538357

A list of microeconomics news articles relating to each chapter of Edexcel International A-level Economics, Student Book 1 and Student Book 2 for Year 12 & 13 Economics students. Most articles are taken from The FT (subscription required). See bottom of each list for help getting free accounts for students.

Chapter-by-chapter microeconomics revision videos for Year 12 and 13 A-level Economics students (Edexcel). Download the Word doc and click on the links. I get my students to bookmark them. The lists are constantly being updated on a Google doc (so please let me know of any recommendations that I can add).

AS Microeconomics 1-hour assessment (with mark scheme) given to my students after covering the first nine chapters of Unit 1: Markets in Action (Edexcel). Areas assessed: The economic problem Positive & normative statements Production possibility frontiers Specialisation & division of labour Rational decision making Demand & the demand curve Price elasticity of demand (PED) Income elasticity of demand (YED) 8-lesson bundle for first 5 chapters (the economic problem; factors of production; functions of money; specialisation/division of labour; production possibility frontiers etc) is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890 7-lesson bundle for teaching consumer behaviour, demand, and supply can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12535155

Simply sheet for students to practice and explain the diagrams that they need to know in Microeconomics: PPFs; producer and consumer surplus; price ceilings/floors; negative externalities; indirect tax; subsidies & more. Used with my Year 12s for revision when near end of Unit 1: Markets in action. Easily filled an hour (with some left over for homework)

Quick lesson on Universal Basic Income used with my Year 13 Economics students. -Students read the BBC article on UBI -Try to fill in the table with some pros and cons (using their own knowledge) -Then I put the Financial Times video on (19 mins; free on YouTube) and asked students to update their table accordingly -Also resulted in a good discussion in my class after viewing I found this was a good way to help my students understand a real world issue that isn’t necessarily in the syllabus

Quick lesson on the merits of an annual wealth tax used with my Year 12 and 13 Economics students. -Students read the BBC article on a proposed wealth tax -Try to fill in the table with some pros and cons (using their own knowledge) -Then I put the Financial Times video on (20 mins; free on YouTube) and asked students to update their table accordingly -Also resulted in a good discussion in my classes after viewing I found this was a good way to help my students understand a real world issue that isn’t necessarily in the syllabus. I did something similar with Universal Basic Income here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12772087

Used this at the end of the Microeconomics course to help Year 13s plan their exam essays (Edexcel). Challenges students to make mind maps for a variety of past paper 20 mark essay questions (Unit 3, Edexcel). 10 past paper questions to do overall.

Used this at the end of the Microeconomics course to help Year 12s plan their exam essays (Edexcel). Challenges students to make mind maps for a variety of past paper 20 mark essay questions (Unit 1, Edexcel). Eight past paper questions to do overall.

Recommended documentaries & videos for students of UK Politics. Updated weekly - please comment with any suggestions and I will add them.

Links to the microeconomics quizzes that I make on Quizizz. Students play on their own laptops and compete against one another. This is a live document: every time I create a new quiz, I will add it to the list.

A list of 35 things students can do to improve their A-level Economics grade (links to reading lists, podcasts, revision sites etc). Please feel free to report any broken links or make suggestions for me to add to the list (I will gladly include them).

A-level YED, PED, XED Microeconomics worksheet (with answers) Used with Year 12 for revision of Income Elasticity of Demand, Price Elasticity of Demand and Cross Elasticity of Demand. Took my students a full hour to complete

IGCSE Business Studies lesson on pricing strategies and price elasticity of demand (Cambridge, Unit 3) used with my Y11 students. Lesson covers pricing methods (cost plus; penetration; promotional and price skimming) and includes: Starter task PowerPoint (with various learning activities throughout) Worksheet Practice questions Full shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

Direct and indirect tax worksheet for Y13 Macroeconomics - used to see how well students had understood the topics of tax and public spending (Chapters 34 & 35 in Edexcel Economics Student Book 2). Students are required to: Define direct & indirect taxes Graphically illustrate the effect of progressive & regressive taxes Discuss implications of cutting public spending during challenging economic times Select - and justify - a set of tax rises that the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak could make to pay for the COVID-19 pandemic

Measures to promote growth and development project / worksheet for A-level Economics. Students are required to analyse methods that could help a country of their imagination grow/develop economically. Covers topics including: *types of foreign aid (tied, bilateral, multilateral); debt relief; role of the IMF; market-orientated strategies; interventionist strategies; the role of the World Bank; FDI etc. * There is also a 20-mark practice question at the end for good measure. Used as revision after covering the final chapter of Unit 4 (Edexcel Student Book 2).

Introduction to AS Microeconomics (Edexcel) Full 1-hour lesson includes: PowerPoint Critical thinking questions / worksheet Reading diary Homework task Chapter bundle (8 lessons and worksheets) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890