This set of resources includes 1x PPT, 3x word files and can be delivered over 2 lessons. We start by looking at some famous entrepreneurs to see what the students know about them and which ones excite them by playing a game of guess who (like the traditional game by Hasbro). We then go on to look at intrapreneurship, 2 different case studies, one with a 4 mark question and one with a 12 mark question - both with structure guidance and model answers for students to use when making improvements to their own answers. We look at barriers entrepreneurs face as well their motives before going to look at their characteristics, a number of activities to consolidate this knowledge in an engaging way and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This lesson introduces learners to various objectives set by businesses, we start by looking at what an objective is, then looking at the main objectives (from spec) before looking at some real examples of businesses that might have quite different objectives to each other. We look at a case study of a business that seems to have a few different priorities that could lead to them achieving their objective - a 12 mark question, structure guidance and a concise model answer for students to look at when peer assessing using the marking grid provided. A few consolidation activities to end with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This double lesson introduces learners to the various shapes and forms businesses come in, we start by looking at what liability is before going through each form of business with examples of their pros and cons. We focus on stock market flotation and look at the process to list an IPO before going on to franchises. A concise case study and 10 mark question on franchises with structure guidance and a concise model answer provided, marking grids also provided to aid students in accurate peer assessments. We look at the other less traditional forms of business such as social enterprise and lifestyle businesses with examples. Two links to kahoot quizzes and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This lesson introduces learners to the important concept of opportunity cost, we start by looking at what opportunity cost actually means with some examples, we then have a number of scenarios where students might find themselves in, in the near future. Students are presented with two options, they have to make a choice, we discuss the reasons for their choice and any depends factors (all AOs developed). In the last scenario, we look at whether a student should go it alone or open up a business with a friend - students consider the opportunity cost and answer the 10 mark question, structure guidance and a concise model answer provided. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 3x PPT and 5x word files which can be delivered over 5 lessons. We start with looking at the types of borrowing available, to ensure students can remember all the definitions, pros and cons, we have kinaesthetic matching activities to get students active in class (or it could be done on worksheet if it’d suit your class better), answers provided for all activities on the powerpoint. A case study with an exam question, model answers and peer marking grid included for student to peer assess and develop exam skills. A similar set of activities for the savings section and insurance section. A selection of box plenaries and a kahoot to end with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This lesson introduces learners to the various financial institutions that exist. We start by going through each one briefly to get some understanding of what it is before going onto a group task where students have cut out cards of the institutitons and a selection of statements to match to each one. Answers provided and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This double lesson introduces learners to the types of protection available to consumers in finance, we go through each time with a brief discussion then students independently find out more about each one before going on looking at the types of information that is available. A matching task with answers provided, good for students to have for their notes once completed, answers are provided. 2 mark questions on both topics and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This double lesson introduces learners to the purpose of accounting,. We start with going through the 5 purposes of accounting before looking at the two types of income, we look at examples of each to ensure full understanding of these terms. We then consolidate this with a game of play your cards right’ where statements are shown and students have to guess whether it’s capital or revenue. We then go on to looking at the two types of expenditure with depreciation. An independent research task to consolidate learning aim C. A link to a kahoot quiz and a box plenary to finish with. Flashcards for this learning aim included as a bonus! Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 2x ppt and 6x word files which can be delivered over 5-6 lessons. We start by introducing the concepts of revenue, cost and profit through step by step animated examples before playing the hotel game. A few calculation activities to consolidate the formulas learnt by students with answers provided on the board for students to peer assess with. A 4 mark exam style calculation question with answers provided, 2 student answers are also provided for students to see how marks are given in these types of questions. We then go on to look at what contribution is before understanding break even and margin of safety. Lots of calculation practice to consolidate the formula, we then look at the pros and cons of using break even analysis, this is used for the exam style question which is based on a concise case study of a cake manufacturer. Structure guidance and model answer is provided for students to peer assess and improve their own answers. Students have an opportunity to draw the BE chart with step by step instructions. Three links to kahoot quizzes and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources can be delivered over 2-3 lessons and introduces learners to cash flow forecasting. We start by looking at the importance of a positive cash flow, and how to construct a cash flow forecast from scratch step by step. Students then go on to consolidate this by creating a cash flow forecast for Ian Beale’s fish and chip shop, some further calculation practice followed. We then look at a 12 mark question on cash flow forecasting based on Ian Beale’s forecast. Structure guidance and concise model answer provided for students to peer assess with. Two links to kahoot quizzes on the topic and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 2x ppts, 4 words files and can be delivered over 3-4 lessons. Learners are introduced to ways of raising capital from within and outside the business. We look at the various types of finance with their pros and cons. We then look at a concise case study of a firm that requires capital but wants to only use internal finance - a 12 mark question on this with structure guidance and a concise model answer for students to use when peer assessing. A peer assessment grid and how it is used by examiners is provided for students to make improves on WWW and EBI. We then go on to consolidating the knowledge with some matching and recall activities before a group activity, students are put into groups and given scenarios that require finance, students decide which sources of finance are most appropriate for scenario and present ideas back to class. Class then decides who the weakest link is (encouraging application and evaluation skills) A case study and 12 mark question on venture capital is included, structure guidance and a concise model answer is provided to help students develop their exam technique. A link to a kahoot quiz and box plenary to finish off with. I have found this to be a very engaging set of lessons personally. All you need - open the powerpoint, run through it, and deliver quality lessons whilst saving precious time. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! - all files in zip folder. Bonus flashcards and quiz comes with this! Thank you

This set of resources includes 2x PPT, 9x word files and can be delivered over 4-6 lessons. The best way to bring this topic to life is to play a hotel game where students are hotel owners and try to make the most profit by changing their prices over a period of months - students can see their live profit after each month. We start by introducing the concepts of revenue, cost and profit through step by step animated examples before playing the hotel game. A few calculation activities to consolidate the formulas learnt by students with answers provided on the board for students to peer assess with. Exam style calculation question with answers provided. A group presentation task with links to two kahoots and a box plenary to finish with for revenue, costs and profit. In the next ppt, we start by looking at what contribution is before understanding break even and margin of safety. Lots of calculation practice to consolidate the formula, we then look at the pros and cons of using break even analysis, this is used for the exam style question which is based on a concise case study of a cake manufacturer. Structure guidance and model answer is provided for students to peer assess and improve their own answers. Students have an opportunity to draw the BE chart with step by step instructions (not required to draw the BE chart in exam but it will help with understanding the chart). Two links to kahoot quizzes and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 1x PPT, 2x word files and is split into 3 lessons. Learners are introduced to key concepts in organisational structures such as span of control and chain of command in engaging ways i.e chinese whispers to demonstrate the negatives of a long chain of command. We look at the pros and cons of tall, flat and matrix structures, then we move on onto centralised and decentralised structures. A short case study based on cartoon characters who have switched to decentralised - a few questions to contextualize the knowledge. Students acknowledge that orgnaisations can be strcutured in different ways such as by function and geographic location. In the second lesson, students have the opportunity to learn about the supermarket industry, in particular Morrisons struggle with the budget supermarkets which led to restructuring - a 12 mark question with structure guidance and a detailed model answer to help students with peer assessments, as well as making improvements to WWW and EBI. To spice it up a bit, a group matching task, where students have to create an organisational structure - answer sheet provided so teacher can look around whilst students work on it. In the third lesson, we look at different job roles within organisations and the kind of work each does with examples. Two links to kahoot quizzes and a box plenary to finish with. All you need - open the powerpoint, run through it, and deliver quality lessons whilst saving precious time. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! - all files in zip folder. Thank you 3.1 different organisational structures 3.2 elements of organisational structures 3.3 how the elements of the organisational structures impact on businesses operations 3.4 the use of organisation charts

This double lesson introduces learners to the various functional areas in business, we look at each in detail with examples of activities each carries out on a day-to-day basis. A context task and exam style question with model answer is provided before doing a box plenary. In the second part of the lesson we look at how functional arease interrelate and the importance of good communication between departments. We look at a few examples so students get an idea of how it works in real life. Another context task and exam question with answer before finishing with a kahoot quiz. All you need - open the powerpoint, run through it, and deliver quality lessons whilst saving precious time. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! - all files in zip folder. Thank you

This set of resources includes 3x ppt, 14 word files and could be delivered over 6-8 lessons. Learners are introduced to the different types of profit. We start by looking at a step by step animated example of a pizza shop’s income statement. This is followed by an engaging consolidation activity of completing an income statement for Ian Beale’s fish and chip shop, answers are provided on the board for students to self assess. More consolidation with a question for Arjee Bhargees income statement with answers. In the second powerpoint, we start by looking what a balance sheet is and what it is made up of including the key terms. Once this is consolidated, we break down a balance sheet into 3 stages to simplify understanding this. Plenty of practice for students to make their own balance sheets as well as with a template first - answers for all questions provided on the powerpoint. In the third powerpoint, we’re focusing on cash flow forecasts and how to construct a cash flow forecast from scratch step by step (although this isn’t required it helps understand the topic well). Students then go on to consolidate this by creating a cash flow forecast for Ian Beale’s fish and chip shop, some further calculation practice followed. This is followed by a 12 mark question on cash flow forecasting based on Ian Beale’s forecast. Structure guidance and concise model answer for students to peer assess with. Two links to kahoot quizzes on the topic and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This double lesson builds on the previous lesson on stakeholders, now the focus is on resolving conflicts between stakeholders, we look at the influence of different types of stakeholders, some activities to engage students to consolidate this. A 12 mark quetsion on meeting stakeholders needs, structure guidance and a concise model answer is provided to get students use to writing 12 mark essays in prepration for the x3 they will get in the unit 1 exam. We also look at the consequences of not listening to stakeholders with a task on the controversial HS2 railway. A link to a kahoot quiz and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 5x PPTs, 4x word files and can be delivered over 8-10 lessons. There is quite a lot of theory in LO6, in the first powerpoint, we run through each category of influences briefly, and in the next 4 ppts we focus more on economic, legal and ethical influences as these are larger areas. For economic influences, we start by looking at some shocking (for students) price changes in the last few decades before looking at how inflation is calculated and the implications on businesses and concumsers. We then go onto looking at interest rates and again, implications on consumers and businesses. Two essay exam style questions included on each topic - both with structure guidance and concise model answers to help students with peer assessments. The second part to economic influences introduces learners to the stages in the business cycle and how each affects businesses and consumers, we also look at different types of tax and their implcications. Finally we look at exchange rates and their impacts. Two guided research tasks, a link to a kahoot quiz and box plenary to finish off with. For legal factors, we start by watching a clip on discrimination at work before looking at the various types of legislation that exists to protect consumers and employees. A matching consolidation activity followed by a case study on an electronics manufacturer, students have the opportunity to consider whether complying with law outweighs not complying with law - 12 mark question with structure guidance and a model answer. Students can self or peer assess with the marking grids before engaging in a kahoot, finally ending with a box plenary. For ethical factors, learners engage in provoking discussions. We start by looking at what ethics involves, we look at some real thought provoking case studies with Primark and Bangladesh’s factories, Apple and Foxconn’s sweatshops. A 12 mark question with a concise model answer to peer assess with and a debate task acting for and against firms that are unethical. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 1x PPT and 2x word files and can be delivered over 3 lessons. Learners are introduced to two main concepts 1) the product life cycle and 2) the boston matrix and how the two concepts are linked together. We start with looking at different stages a product goes through by looking at some real examples, students have the opportunity to become familiar with the cycle by creating their own - and describing what sales and costs are like at each stage too. We then go on to look at the boston matrix, we look at each quadrant to understand the cash cows and dogs characteristics in depth. A group task to develop a marketing mix for a drink or a chocolate whilst considering the stage in the product life cycle - students can present their ideas back on the A3 sheet to the class. Another group task where students are given a business and they need to allocate the businesses products into the boston matrix, this could also be fed back or presented. A link to a kahoot quiz and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This lesson introduces learners to staffing can be approached, we start by considering a popular discussion in this area - on zero hour contracts before considering the difference between viewing staff as an asset vs staff as a cost. We then go on to look at flexible working with its pros and cons before reading a concise case study where flexible working could be vital - structure guidance and a concise model answer is provided to help students with peer assessments and improvements. A box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This lesson introduces learners to difficulties and issues faced when an entreprenur moves on to become a leader in business. We look at some real life examples with a concise case study on a great entrepreneur but not fit for leadership some may argue. We go on to look at one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century - Bill Gates, who started off as young, creative businessman but has evolved into a leader over time. A task based on the issues he has faced as well as a 12 mark question based on his journey. A link to a kahoot quiz on Theme 1. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you