PowerPoint (with bell ringer, starter, & plenary).
separate worksheet for main activity included.
This is quite an ‘active’ lesson and involves students moving around the school to interview members of staff. It could be tailored differently but I’ve found students in the past enjoy it if you can add a competition element to it (who can accurately draw the schools organisational chart first).
*Ideally you need to print off a few extra sheets to complete the first activity. However, these points could be discussed (teacher led) as appose to students moving around the room, if this isn’t possible.
This lesson is focused around what a Trade Union is, alongside the benefits and limitations for the employee and the employer. This lesson is best completed on a computer, however if you have five minutes to print some quick articles about Trade Unions it could easily be completed in the classroom.
The aim of the lesson is for students to create their own research/writing on Unionism and then to record it and print a character with a QR code (which could be presented in a subsequent lesson. I have added notes onto some of the slides also for extra clarity.
Included:
PPT (with bell ringer, starter, main activity and plenary questions)
Printable bell ringer
I have created this resource to coincide with teaching Operations Management. There are twenty printable slides with the terminology printed separately to the corresponding definition. This is a multi-use resource that could be displayed around the classroom, or as a starter/plenary (get students to choose one of the words without looking and then write the correct definition). This could also be useful when revising with students and supporting them in being able to answer one/two mark definition questions.
Definitions included:
Fixed costs
Variable costs
Invention
Innovation
Break-even analysis
Productivity
Production
Quality
Operations management
Margin of safety
This bundle includes everything you need to teach Business Activity. There is three lessons worth of content, alongside homework activities and an end of unit test.
Included:
x3 powerpoint
x3 main teaching activities
x3 plenary activities
x1 homework
x1 end of unit assessment
This bundle includes x6 set of definitions. Each resource has 21 slides with the key term and definition printed separately (126 slides all together). There is a professional design to all of the images so that they would also look professional and eye-catching displayed around the classroom.
They are designed for the iGCSE Business Studies course however would definitely be applicable and tie in with most business studies courses.
I have created this resource to coincide with teaching any relating to Marketing. There are twenty printable slides with the terminology printed separately to the corresponding definition. This is a multi-use resource that could be displayed around the classroom, or as a starter/plenary (get students to choose one of the words without looking and then write the correct definition). This could also be useful when revising with students and supporting them in being able to answer one/two mark definition questions.
Definitions included:
Niche marketing
Mass marketing
The marketing mix
Invention
Innovation
Producer
Retailer
Marketing
Market segments
Quantitative research
I have created this resource to coincide with teaching Business Activity. There are twenty printable slides with the terminology printed separately to the corresponding definition. This is a multi-use resource that could be displayed around the classroom, or as a starter/plenary (get students to choose one of the words without looking and then write the correct definition). This could also be useful when revising with students when discussing exam practice.
To be able to define what a franchise is.
To be able to explain the benefits of a franchise.
Students should be able to explain what a franchise is, what the benefits are for both the franchisor and franchisee.
Included:
PPT
Starter
Main Activity
Plenary
Lesson Plan
This activity gets students to recommend and justify why they would choose a certain method of motivation for a given scenario. First students have to complete a diamond 9 activity, discussing which ones they think are the most to least relevant, explaining why. Then students have to scaffold their answers onto the next page in an exam style format.
Interactive lesson for students to work independently or in groups.
This is a homework sheet that could also be used as an activity in class. It asks students to choose one of the leadership styles and then to list the advantages and disadvantages of the leadership style. It then gets students to attempt an example style question focused upon ‘autocratic leadership’. Answers are included on the second page.
Interactive escape room lesson for teaching an introduction to Business Studies. Easy to prep lesson as resources, task cards just need to be printed in advance. The lesson provides a fun introduction into a range of business topics (entrepreneurs, communication, and a range of key terms).
Included:
Five task cards to complete the escape room
PowerPoint
Lesson Plan
Answer sheet
Printable activity focused on the topic of understanding the role of marketing in identifying customer needs. Questions included relate to defining the term ‘unique selling point’, what is meant by ‘first mover advantage’, and questions relating to identifying customer needs.
Included:
x3 Printable activities each suited for teaching the production of goods and services.
The activities focus upon:
The benefits and limitations of technology relating to production
The relationship between employee productivity and output
Each could be used for a separate lesson and build upon student’s understanding of motivation in business.
This resource includes a PowerPoint used to help students revise key topics covered in the past year, including:
sources of finance
legal structures of business
business plans
on-the-job and off-the-job training
This would be suitable for a single lesson, and could be used for on-line teaching also. This was used for Grade 9 (Year 10) iGCSE Business Studies following the Cambridge curriculum but could be used for others.
This bundle could be used for teaching a handful of lessons (2-3) on the production of goods and services.
Included:
PowerPoint (with key information, starter, and plenary)
2 page worksheet which introduces the key terminology and includes an exam style question
PDF with 3 quick and easy printable activities that focus on benefits and limitations of technology on production, and measuring labour productivity.
Interactive escape room lesson for teaching opportunity cost. Easy to prep lesson, the task cards simply need to be printed in advance. This lesson provides a fun introduction to opportunity cost, and gives examples as to when opportunity cost may arise in a business setting.
Included:
Five task cards that focus on the key terms relating to opportunity cost.
PowerPoint with information explaining the meaning of opportunity cost (with starter and plenary activity included).
Lesson Plan explaining different teaching activities that could be used.
Answer sheet for every activity that is included in the lesson.
Interactive escape room lesson for teaching about business activity, limited resources, and the need to choose. Easy to prep lesson, clue cards need to simply be printed in advance. The lesson provides a fun introduction to business activity.
Included:
Five task cards to complete the escape room
PowerPoint with starter and plenary
Lesson Plan
Answer sheet
Interactive escape room lesson for teaching business ethics and corporate social responsibility. Easy to prep lesson, the task cards simply need to be printed in advance. This lesson provides a fun introduction to business ethics, and gives examples as to how a business can be more ethical.
Included:
Five task cards that focus on the key terms relating to business ethics and CSR.
PowerPoint with information explaining the meaning of business ethics (with starter and plenary activity included).
Lesson Plan explaining different teaching activities that could be used.
Answer sheet for every activity that is included in the lesson.
An interactive escape room lesson about working capital. Easy to prep lesson, as task cards simply need to be printed in advance. The lesson provides a fun introduction to working capital, the difference between assets and liabilities, and solvency.
Included:
Five task cards to complete the escape room relating to working capital.
PowerPoint with starter and plenary
Lesson Plan
Answer sheet for teacher
Answer sheet for students to complete