
Save 15+ hours of planning with a complete, ready-to-teach unit on External Influences on Business Activity for Cambridge IGCSE Business 0264.
Four lessons and 99 slides covering every learning objective in Topic 6 of the 0264 syllabus. First examination 2027 (2027-2029 exams).
What You Get
✓ 6.1 Economic Issues - 26 slides
✓ 6.2 Business and the International Economy - 29 slides
✓ 6.3 & 6.4 Environmental and Ethical Issues - 27 slides
✓ 6.5 Pressure Groups - 17 slides
✓ Editable PowerPoint files you can adapt to your scheme of work
✓ Learning objectives quoted from the published syllabus in every lesson
✓ An application task per lesson: a named business and a decision to justify
✓ Case studies including the Suez Canal blockage, multinationals in Vietnam, and Greenpeace’s campaign against Lego
✓ Seven embedded video case studies with discussion questions, in all four lessons
✓ Eight Learning Check slides and an exit ticket to close every lesson
Unit Coverage
6.1 Economic issues: growth, boom, recession and slump; effects of employment, inflation and economic growth; changes in taxes, government spending and interest rates, and how businesses respond.
6.2 Business and the international economy: reasons for globalisation; opportunities and threats; import tariffs and quotas; multinationals and host countries; external costs and benefits; exchange rate appreciation and depreciation.
6.3 & 6.4 Environment and ethics: pollution and depletion of resources; why and how businesses respond; legal controls on what, how and where to produce and their effect on costs; child labour, fair wages, fair prices and ethical sourcing; the advantages and disadvantages of being ethical.
6.5 Pressure groups: what they are, the methods they use, and how they influence business decisions.
Perfect For
✓ Cambridge international schools teaching the 0264 syllabus
✓ Business departments building a scheme of work for first teaching
✓ Heads of department standardising delivery across teaching groups
Why Choose This Resource
Written against the published 0264 syllabus and sequenced in syllabus order, so you can teach straight from it or slot single lessons into an existing scheme. Created by an experienced Cambridge Business teacher.
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Complete The Course
Unit 1 Understanding Business Activity: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13552003
Unit 2 People in Business: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13552589
Unit 3 Marketing: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13558062
Unit 4 Operations Management: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13559495
Unit 5 Finance and Accounts: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13558728
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