1 hour A-level Business Studies lesson on labour laws and workplace planning (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 13 students. Includes: Starter task Powerpoint (with various learner tasks throughout) Practice exam question (with insert and mark scheme) 4-lesson bundle (£3) for teaching further human resource management (Unit 2, Cambridge): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582 Full shop for other Business resources (as well as Economics and Politics): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

2-hour A-level Business Studies lesson on Trade Unions (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 13 students. Includes: Starter task Powerpoint (with various learner tasks throughout) Practice questions 4-lesson bundle (£3) for teaching further human resource management (Unit 2, Cambridge): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582

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

AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering: Factors of production (land, labour, capital, enterprise) Renewable & non-renewable resources Full 1-hour lesson includes: PowerPoint Worksheet 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 Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890

AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering: Choice Opportunity cost Economic & free goods Full 1-hour lesson includes: PowerPoint Activities Worksheet Homework task 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 Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890

Quck (1 hour-ish) IGCSE Business Studies lesson on Market segments (Cambridge, Unit 3). Includes: Starter task PowerPoint (with learning activities) Card sort task (some cutting up required) Practice questions Students also have to guess which market segments might have been targeted during a Super Bowl advert break (and then watch a YouTube video to find out how many they guessed correctly)

AS-level Business Studies lesson on leadership styles (Cambridge, Unit 2) covering Autocratic, Democratic, Paternalistic and Laissez-faire used with my Year 12 students. Includes: Starter task (on Mintzberg so some previous knowledge required) PowerPoint (with learning tasks throughout) Practice questions / worksheet Homework task Took my Year 12s about 1.5 hours all told. Previous lesson here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12579229

AS Microeconomics graph practice / revision - show students the various news article headlines and then challenge them to draw the corresponding diagram. Students need previous knowledge of all microeconomic diagrams (except maximum and minimum prices - which are covered in the final slides). 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

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

AS-level Politics lesson (Edexcel) on The European Communities Act 1972 as part of the module on development of the UK constitution, used with my Year 12s. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Starter recap of previous development European Communities Act explained Development of the UK constitution worksheet Selected previous lessons: Magna Carta & Bill of Rights: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12622083 Act of Settlement; Act of Union: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12622116 Parliament Act 1911; 1949: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12637272

AS-level Politics lesson (Edexcel) covering Sources of the UK constitution as part of the module on development of the UK constitution, used with my Year 12s. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Starter recap on Statute Law (covered in previous lesson here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12658611) Common Law, Conventions, Treaties and Authoritative works explained Past paper practice question Other selected previous lessons: Act of Settlement; Act of Union: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12622116 Parliament Act 1911; 1949: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12637272 European Communities Act: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12658606

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.

Recommended documentaries & videos for students of UK Politics. Updated weekly - please comment with any suggestions and I will add them.

A simple template to help Edexcel A-level Economics students plan 20-mark Macro essays. I ask my students to submit a completed plan with every essay. Micro essay planner here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12538333

A list of 35 things students can do to improve their A-level Politics 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).

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).

AS Microeconomics 1-hour assessment (with mark scheme) given to my students after covering the first nine chapters of Unit 1: Markets in Action (Edexcel). Areas assessed: The economic problem Positive & normative statements Production possibility frontiers Specialisation & division of labour Rational decision making Demand & the demand curve Price elasticity of demand (PED) Income elasticity of demand (YED) 8-lesson bundle for first 5 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 7-lesson bundle for teaching consumer behaviour, demand, and supply can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12535155

A simple template to help Edexcel A-level Economics students plan 20-mark Micro essays. I ask my students to submit a completed plan with every essay. Macro essay planner here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12538357

Random selection of AS Economics (Unit 1) multiple choice questions (with answers) from Edexcel past papers. I used this with my Year 12 students after finishing chapter 10 (Supply & Price Elasticity of Supply).

A-level Business Studies lesson (Cambridge) on introduction to strategic management used with my Year 13s. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Starter on corporate strategy Strategy versus tactics Link between corporate strategy & business structure Chandler’s multi-divisional structure (M-form) Practice questions (with answers) More Business, Economics & Politics resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael