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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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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: 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
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
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
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
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
Specialisation & Division of labour (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering specialisation & division of labour
Full 1-hour lesson includes:
PowerPoint
Activities
Worksheet / group activity
Part of a series of lessons.
Lesson 1 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528554
Lesson 2 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528577
Lesson 3 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528586
Lesson 4 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528605
Lesson 5 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528624
Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890
P.S. I used dcp20’s excellent Economic Indicators Top Trumps as a template for the specialisation sheet. It can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/economic-indicators-top-trumps-6146807
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
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
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
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 (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.
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.