A-level Business Debate Pack

Complete Debate Pack (Units 1–4)
Purpose of This Pack
This debate pack is designed to develop AO3 and AO4 skills, strengthen evaluation, encourage application of theory, and build exam confidence across Units 1–4. Students practise constructing balanced arguments, applying business theory, and forming justified judgements under timed conditions.

Units Covered
Unit 1 – What is Business?
Unit 2 – Leadership & Decision Making
Unit 3 – Marketing
Unit 4 – Operations & Finance

Each unit contains 100 unique debate statements formatted into cut-out revision cards. Each unit is split into mini groups so could be broken down further and used as starter tasks.

How to Use the Debate Cards

1. Group Debate – students work in small groups, say their statement and say if they agree or disagree and justify their answer. The others in the group have to say if they agree or disagree and why.
2. Line Debate – Students stand on agree/disagree sides and defend positions.
3. Mini Exam Practice – Convert statements into 8, 12, 16 or 20 mark answers.
4. Tournament Format – Students argue opposing views; class votes on strongest reasoning.
5. Synoptic Stretch – Combine concepts from multiple units in one argument.
6. Quick Fire Retrieval – Give each student a card. 2 minutes to prepare. Cold call for justification.

Encourage students to structure answers using:
Point → Because → Therefore → However → Overall judgement.