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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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Teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)
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
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
Government intervention (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering government intervention in markets (indirect taxes, subsidies, regulations etc), used with my Year 12 students. Includes:
PowerPoint (with key words, explanations and learner activities)
Practice questions (including essay question)
Economics essay writing template
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
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A-level Microeconomics bundle: Unit 3 (Edexcel) - Business Behaviour (11 lessons + worksheets)
Bundle of 11 microeconomics lessons covering chapters 1-7 (Types & Sizes of Business; Revenue, Costs & Profit) of Edexcel A-level Economics: student book 2 (Unit 3: Business Behaviour).
Each lesson includes a PowerPoint (plus worksheets/activities):
Lesson 1: Types of Business
Lesson 2: Size of Business
Lesson 3: Business objectives
Lesson 4: Revenue
Lesson 5: Costs
Lesson 6: Costs (part 2)
Lesson 7: Short-run cost curves
Lesson 8: Internal economies & diseconomies of scale
Lesson 9: External economies & diseconomies of scale
Lesson 10: Normal & supernormal profit
Lesson 11: Costs & revenue curves
Individual lessons (plus more Economics, Politics and Business Studies material) can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Short-run cost curves (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on short-run cost curves
Lesson covers: short-run cost schedules and teaches students to graph average cost, average variable cost and marginal cost curves.
PowerPoint (with student tasks throughout)
Starter task
Worksheet (with questions and tables to fill in)
Homework questions
Previous lesson on costs and imputed costs is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12587040
Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
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A-level Business Studies: Further Human Resource Management (4 lessons + worksheets)
Bundle of 4 A-level Business Studies lessons covering Further Human Resource Management (Cambridge, Unit 2, Chapter 13) used with my Year 13 students
Each lesson includes a PowerPoint (plus worksheets/activities)
Lesson 1: Hard & soft HRM (2 hours)
Lesson 2: Labour productivity, absenteeism (1 hour)
Lesson 3: Labour laws & workforce planning (1 hour)
Lesson 4: Trade unions (2 hours)
Buying the bundle saves 50% on buying individually
Full shop for more Business, Economics and Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Sampling methods, data presentation: IGCSE Business
IGCSE Business Studies lesson on sampling methods and data presentation (Cambridge, Unit 3) used with my Y11 students.
Lesson covers methods of sampling (random; stratified; cluster and quota) and includes:
Starter task
PowerPoint (with various and varied learning activities throughout)
Practice questions
Took my students about 1 hour 45 mins (filled last 15 mins with related Kahoot from here: https://www.igcsebusiness.co.uk/7--kahoot-quizes.html#)
Full shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Contestability (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on contestability. Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Starter task (on sunk costs)
Lots of examples of contestable markets and what makes them contestable
Practice questions
Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
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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
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AS-level Microeconomics bundle: Introductory concepts (8 lessons + worksheets)
Bundle of 8 lessons covering the first 5 chapters (Introductory Concepts) of Edexcel AS-level Economics (Student Book 1).
Each lesson includes a PowerPoint (plus worksheets/activities):
Lesson 1: Introduction to Microeconomics
Lesson 2: Scarcity
Lesson 3: Opportunity cost
Lesson 4: Factors of production
Lesson 5: Production possibility frontiers
Lesson 6: Specialisation & Division of labour
Lesson 7: Functions of money
Lesson 8: Types of economy
Also includes Economics reading diary (discussed in lesson 1)
Further 7-lesson bundle covering following chapters on consumer behaviour, demand, and supply can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12535155
Exchange rates: IGCSE Business
Lesson 8 covering Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): External influences on business activity - Exchange rates.
PowerPoint introduces exchange rates and explains how changing money from one currency to another works (using holidays abroad as an example). Students are then shown how appreciating or depreciating exchange rates affect the cost of raw materials for businesses.
Also attached is a worksheet - in which students must fill in the key terms, research exchange rates (explaining why they are important for a business), and then say why other factors (other than exchange rates) might be more important for business success.
8-lesson bundle (£4) here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395
Economies & diseconomies of scale: IGCSE Business
IGCSE Business Studies lesson on Economies & diseconomies of scale (Unit 4, Cambridge) used with my Year 11 students.
Related resources:
Previous lesson on Costs & break-even: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12604362
8-lesson section 6 bundle here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395
Income statements: IGCSE Business
IGCSE Business Studies lesson on income statements (Unit 5, Cambridge) used with my Year 11 students. Includes:
PowerPoint (with student activities & practice questions)
Practice income statement
Link to revision video
Related resources:
8-lesson section 6 bundle here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395
Voter behaviour & the media (AS Politics)
AS Politics lesson (Edexcel) introducing module on Voter behaviour & the media.
1-hour lesson introduces students to UK politics (constituencies, main parties, House of Commons etc) and includes:
PowerPoint
Voter behaviour worksheet
Reading diary
Link to recommended reading list
Full shop for other Politics resources (as well as Economics and Business): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Business objectives (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering Business objectives.
Lesson covers profit maximisation, revenue maximisation, sales volume maximisation, divorce of ownership from control.
PowerPoint
Starter task on business size
Worksheet to fill in
Homework/class task (depending on length of lesson)
Took my Y13s about 2 hours to complete all told.
Full shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Oligopoly (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on oligopolies. Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Starter task (on perfect competition & monopolistic competition)
Practice questions and tables to complete
Collusion game
Link to relevant video
Practice 20-mark essay question (with planning sheet)
Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Market research: IGCSE Business
IGCSE Business Studies lesson on Market research (Cambridge, Unit 3).
Includes:
Starter task
PowerPoint (with various and varied learning activities throughout)
Practice questions
Lesson covers primary and secondary research, quantitative and qualitative data etc. and filled a full 2-hour lesson with my Year 11s.
Full shop here: 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
Rational decision making (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering rational decision making (inertia; habitual behaviour; consumer computation etc.)
Full 1-hour lesson includes:
PowerPoint
Activities
Worksheet
Homework
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) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890
Porter's Five Forces (A-level Business)
A-level Business Studies lesson (Cambridge) on Porter’s Five Forces used with my Year 13s. Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Starter on strategic analysis techniques
Porter’s Five Forces explained
Porter’s Five Forces detailed example (McDonald’s)
Porter’s Five Forces student task
Strategic management glossary / worksheet
Previous lessons:
SWOT & PEST: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621941
Boston Matrix: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621952
More Business, Economics & Politics resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Economics revision tips
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).