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Computing with Barney

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ICT/Computing teacher since 2003 and Vice Principal. Interested in technology, gadgets, game design and software/web development. Owner of Barney - a rather grumpy at times but loveable West Highland Terrier who sometimes features in my resources!

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ICT/Computing teacher since 2003 and Vice Principal. Interested in technology, gadgets, game design and software/web development. Owner of Barney - a rather grumpy at times but loveable West Highland Terrier who sometimes features in my resources!
Role of Government in the economy
jonmwardjonmward

Role of Government in the economy

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This is an activity based lesson to investigate the role of the government in boosting the economy. The students break into groups of 4 to form a new government. There are four roles: Prime minister, chancellor, minister for business and home secretary. They work through a series of scenarios and have to argue their position. For each scenario, each person receives a "briefing" letter from their dept that outlines their position. They have 5 minutes to discuss within the group and then the prime minister needs to record their decision on the worksheet and justify it to their electorate. At the end of each scenario I get the prime minister in each group to stand up and justify their position to the rest of the class. They then see if their decision paid off on the powerpoint. The scenarios cover interest rate cuts & rises, investment in human capital, tax cuts and infrastructure spending.
Economics worksheets
jonmwardjonmward

Economics worksheets

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Two worksheets with questions based around news articles regarding economics. Used with my GCSE Business & Economics students to check understanding of the impact of interest rates, exchange rates, manufacturing output and infrastructure spending on the economy.