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Former teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)
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Former teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)
Economics
Revenue curves (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on Revenue & revenue curves.
Lesson covers total revenue, average revenue, marginal revenue, revenue curves and relationship between revenue and price elasticity.
PowerPoint
Starter task
Worksheet to fill in
Homework/class task (depending on length of lesson)
Took my Y13s about 1.5 hours to complete - but could be done in an hour (or stretched to 2)
Full shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
YED, PED, XED: A-level Economics worksheet
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
Indirect tax & subsidies (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering indirect taxes & subsidies, used with my Year 12 students. Includes:
PowerPoint (with explanations and learner activities)
Starter
Graph practice
Practice questions (with answers)
Enough for a double lesson (1h 50m).
15-lesson bundle covering the first 10 chapters of Edexcel Student Book 1 (introductory concepts, consumer behaviour and demand and supply) can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/as-level-microeconomics-bundle-edexcel-chapters-1-10-15-lessons-worksheets-12602164
Externalities (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering externalities, used with my Year 12 students. Includes:
PowerPoint (with explanations and learner activities)
Starter (Microeconomic definitions)
Welfare loss graph practice worksheet
Practice essay question (with mark scheme)
Essay planning template
Link to related FT article and documentary (YouTube) with task for students to apply their knowledge
Enough for a double lesson (1h 50m).
15-lesson bundle covering the first 10 chapters of Edexcel Student Book 1 (introductory concepts, consumer behaviour and demand and supply) can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/as-level-microeconomics-bundle-edexcel-chapters-1-10-15-lessons-worksheets-12602164
20-mark essay mind maps (A-level Economics)
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.
Bundle
Voter behaviour and the media (12 lessons + worksheets & more)
Bundle of 12 AS Politics lessons covering voter behaviour and the media module.
Each lesson includes a PowerPoint (plus worksheets/activities):
Lesson 1: Introduction to voter behaviour
Lesson 2: ‘Typical’ party voters
Lesson 3: Political data
Lesson 4: Gender, ethnicity & education
Lesson 5: Governing competence
Lesson 6: Party manifestos
Lesson 7: 1979 general election
Lesson 8: Political advertising
Lesson 9: British politics in the 1980s & 1990s
Lesson 10: Tory sleaze
Lesson 11: Influence of the media
Lesson 12: Disillusion & apathy
Also includes a list of recommended UK politics documentaries; and a set of 35 politics revision tips.
Individual lessons (plus more Economics, Politics and Business Studies material) can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Functions of the price mechanism (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering functions of the price mechanism, consumer surplus & producer surplus, used with my Year 12 students. Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Question sheet
Past paper practice question (with mark scheme)
7-lesson bundle covering chapters on consumer behaviour, demand, and supply can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12535155
8-lesson bundle for previous 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
YED: Income elasticity of demand (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering income elasticity of demand (YED).
Full 1-hour lesson includes:
Starter worksheet
PowerPoint
Activities
Previous exam practice questions
Worksheet
Graph practice homework sheet
7-lesson bundle covering all chapters on consumer behaviour, demand, and supply can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12535155
8-lesson bundle for previous 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
Law of diminishing marginal utility (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering the law of diminishing marginal utility used with my Year 12 students. Includes:
PowerPoint
Past paper practice question (with mark scheme)
7-lesson bundle covering chapters on consumer behaviour, demand, and supply can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12535155
8-lesson bundle for previous 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
Monopoly, oligopoly & concentration ratios (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on market structures (pure monopoly, oligopoly & concentration ratios)
Includes:
PowerPoint (with student tasks)
Starter task
Worksheet
Essay writing template
Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Bundle
Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): External influences on business activity (8 complete lessons)
Eight lessons covering Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies, Section 6
Each lesson is comfortably 1-hour long (what they don’t finish I set for homework) and includes a PowerPoint plus various activities and/or worksheets.
Lesson 1 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12494613
Lesson 2 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12494998
Lesson 3 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12495450
Lesson 4 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12499066
Lesson 5 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12505357
Lesson 6 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12507546
Lesson 7 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12509139
Lesson 8 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516750
Government failure (AS-level Economics)
AS-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on government failure used with my Y12 students. Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Recap of market failure and government intervention
Video about consequences of government failure (landfill tax)
Case study (with annotated help)
20-mark question with essay planner
Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
R&D: new product development (A-level Business)
A-level Business Studies lesson (Cambridge) covering R&D (research and development) and new product development used with my Year 13s. Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
R&D mind map
Links to videos (R&D at Microsoft; TED Talk)
Links to relevant news articles (on UK govt funding for R&D)
Question worksheet
Essay homework question (with differentiated help grid)
The whole lot takes about 3 hours lesson time to complete.
Previous lesson on Elasticities: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12605612
More Business, Economics & Politics resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Perfect competition (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on perfect competition
PowerPoint includes questions (with answers) for students to complete.
Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Internal economies & diseconomies of scale (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on internal economies & diseconomies of scale
Lesson covers: internal sources of economies & diseconomies of scale (marketing; purchasing; financial; managerial; technical), drawing the LRAC curve and minimum efficient scale.
Includes:
PowerPoint (with student tasks throughout)
Starter task (short-run cost curves)
Worksheet (with questions, case studies and graphs to complete)
Homework question (with planning sheet)
Previous lesson on short-run cost curves is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12587168
Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Normal & supernormal profit (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on normal & supernormal profit
Includes:
PowerPoint (with student tasks)
Starter task
Worksheet (A-level graph practice)
Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Government intervention in labour markets (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on Government intervention in labour markets (used with my Year 13s). Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Starter task (on labour market failure)
Methods of government intervention explained (minimum wage; maximum wage; regulation) with diagrams
Video
Practice past paper questions and mind map activity
Ways to reduce geographic and occupational immobility of labour
Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Elasticities (A-level Business)
A-level Business Studies lesson on Elasticities (Income Elasticity of Demand; Advertising/promotional elasticity of Demand; Cross Elasticity of Demand) used with my Year 13 students.
Includes PowerPoint (with learner activities) and practice question worksheet (with answers).
Diagrams in AS Microeconomics: A-level Economics
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)
20-mark essay mind maps (AS-level Economics)
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.