<p>This is a full set of 20 Powerpoints (and accompanying Notes/Key Terms sheets) that I have created for my own teaching which between them cover the entirety of the microeconomic topics in the new (linear) AQA AS Economics specification (7135). They follow the order of teaching recommended by the exam board and (generally) the AQA-approved textbook (Powell &amp; Powell, 2015).</p> <p>Also available individually on TES.</p>

This is a Powerpoint (and accompanying Notes/Key Terms sheet) that I created for my own teaching of the new (linear) AQA A-level Economics specification (7135). As I was also using the AQA-approved textbook (Powell &amp; Powell, 2016) the two follow a similar route through the material. <br /> <br /> Topics covered in this Powerpoint: (sections 4.1.6.4 to 4.1.6.7 of the specification)<br /> <br /> • How various factors such as monopsony power, trade unions and imperfect information contribute to imperfections in a labour market.<br /> • How, in a monopsony labour market, the employer can use market power to reduce both the relative wage rate and the level of employment below those that would exist in a perfectly competitive labour market. <br /> • The various factors that affect the ability of trade unions to influence wages and levels of employment in different labour markets.<br /> • How wages and employment are likely to be affected by the introduction of a trade union into a previously perfectly competitive labour market and into a monopsony labour market. <br /> • The effects of a national minimum wage upon labour markets.<br /> • The advantages and disadvantages of a national minimum wage.<br /> • The conditions necessary for wage discrimination.<br /> • The impact of gender, ethnicity and other forms of discrimination on wages, levels and types of employment.

<p>This is one of a set of Powerpoints (and accompanying Notes/Key Terms sheets) that I have created for my own teaching of the macroeconomic topics in the new (linear) AQA AS Economics specification (7135). They follow the order of teaching recommended by the exam board and (generally) the AQA-approved textbook (Powell &amp; Powell, 2015).</p> <p>Key terms covered in this Powerpoint: (references to the specification):<br /> 3.2.1.1 The objectives of government economic policy<br /> • The main objectives of government macroeconomic policy: economic growth, price stability, minimising unemployment and a stable balance of payments on current account.<br /> 3.2.1.2 Macroeconomic indicators<br /> • Data which is commonly used to measure the performance of an economy, such as: real GDP, real GDP per capita, Consumer<br /> Prices and Retail Prices Indices (CPI/RPI), measures of unemployment, [and] productivity<br /> 3.2.1.3 Uses of index numbers<br /> • How index numbers are calculated and interpreted, including the base year and the use of weights.<br /> • How index numbers are used to measure changes in the price level and changes in other economic variables.</p>

<p>This is a set of 15 Powerpoint presentations (and accompanying Notes/Key Terms sheet) that I created for my own teaching of Year 2 of the new (linear) AQA A-level Economics specification (7135/7136). As I was also using the AQA-approved textbook (Powell &amp; Powell, 2016) the two follow a similar route through the material.</p> <p>These are each available individually on TES.</p> <p>My Year 1/AS-level Powerpoints are also available on TES individually and as a set.</p>

<p>This was designed as a revision activity to pull together on one A3 sheet some key information and diagrams that relate to the market for labour, including monopsony, minimum wage, unions, wage differentials. and discrimination.</p> <p>Included (in both Word and PDF formats) are a ‘template’ sheet so that students can fill in the information themselves, a completed version, and A-level exam questions (drawn from old spec ECON3 and the new papers) that would allow students to practice the use of this information in an exam context.</p> <p>Lots of ways of using this resource, and it will apply beyond the current AQA A-level specification.</p> <p>The diagrams tend to be lifted from my Powerpoints, also available on TES.</p> <p>Feedback always welcome (particularly if you spot any errors!)</p> <p>[updated 04/2019 to include answers to M/C questions and 2017 &amp; 2018 M/C questions]</p>

<p>This is a set of 20 Powerpoint presentations (and accompanying Notes/Key Terms sheet) that I created for my own teaching of Year 2 of the new (linear) AQA A-level Economics specification (7135). As I was also using the AQA-approved textbook (Powell &amp; Powell, 2016) the two follow a similar route through the material.</p> <p>When I teach this course I have the students do some ‘flipped learning’: presenting the topics that are re-visited from the first year to their peers. This Powerpoint covers the ground that I would expect them to cover and includes the elements that are extension for Year 2.</p> <p>If you choose to use a flipped approach, this Powerpoint can be used as a back-up for anything that the chosen student misses. If you follow a teacher-led approach, this Powerpoint will cover the relevant Year 2 material, with a brief re-cap of Year 1 content.</p> <p>These are each available individually on TES.</p> <p>They follow on from my Year 1/AS-level Powerpoints also available on TES individually and as a set.</p>

<p>This is one of a set of Powerpoints (and accompanying Notes/Key Terms sheets) that I have created for my own teaching of the macroeconomic topics in the new (linear) AQA AS Economics specification (7135). They follow the order of teaching recommended by the exam board and (generally) the AQA-approved textbook (Powell &amp; Powell, 2015).</p> <p>Key terms covered in this Powerpoint: (references to the specification):</p> <p>3.2.2.2 Aggregate demand and aggregate supply analysis<br /> • Changes in the price level are represented by movements along the aggregate demand (AD) and aggregate supply (AS) curves.<br /> • The various factors that shift the AD curve and the short-run AS curve.<br /> • The factors which affect long-run AS distinguish them from those which affect short-run AS.<br /> • Underlying economic growth is represented by a rightward shift in the long-run AS curve.<br /> • How to use AD/AS diagrams to illustrate macroeconomic equilibrium.<br /> • How both demand-side and supply-side shocks affect the macroeconomy.</p> <p>3.2.2.3 The determinants of aggregate demand<br /> • What is meant by AD.<br /> • The determinants of AD, ie. the determinants of consumption, investment, government spending, exports and imports.<br /> • The basic accelerator process.<br /> • The determinants of savings.<br /> • The difference between saving and investment.</p>

<p>This was designed as a revision activity to pull together on one A3 sheet some key information about four key market structures (perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligology and monopoly), the diagrams that show profit maximisation in each market structure and information about the efficiency of each market structure.</p> <p>Included (in both Word and PDF formats) are a ‘template’ sheet so that students can fill in the information themselves, a completed version, and seven sets of A-level exam questions (drawn from old spec ECON3 and the new Specimen papers) that would allow students to practice the use of this information in an exam context.</p> <p>Lots of ways of using this resource, and it will apply beyond the current AQA A-level specification.</p> <p>The diagrams are all lifted from my Powerpoints (AQA A-level Economics (new spec) 2-06 Profit Maximisation and Economic Efficiency and AQA A-level Economics (new spec) 2-07 Oligopoly), available on TES.</p> <p>Feedback always welcome (particularly if you spot any errors!)</p>

This is a Powerpoint (and accompanying Notes/Key Terms sheet) that I created for my own teaching of the new (linear) AQA A-level Economics specification (7135). As I was also using the AQA-approved textbook (Powell &amp; Powell, 2016) the two follow a similar route through the material. <br /> <br /> Topics covered in this Powerpoint: <br /> 4.1.8.7 Competition policy<br /> • The general principles of UK competition policy and some awareness of EU competition policy.<br /> • The costs and benefits of such policies.<br /> • Examples of real-world applications of such policies should provide contexts in which students can evaluate the use of economic models to explore economic behaviour and further develop their appreciation of the behaviour of firms.<br /> • Detailed knowledge of UK and EU competition law is not required.<br /> <br /> 4.1.8.8 Public ownership, privatisation, regulation and deregulation of markets<br /> • The arguments for and against the public ownership of firms and industries.<br /> • The arguments for and against the privatisation of state-owned enterprises.<br /> • The arguments for and against the regulation of markets.<br /> • The arguments for and against the deregulation of markets.<br /> • The problem of regulatory capture.<br /> • Students should be able to assess the application of such policies in the United Kingdom and be able to evaluate their effects on economic performance

This is an Excel-based markbook for use at A-level.<br /> <br /> 1. Simply enter or cut and paste in students' names and GCSE average point score (also gender, pupil premium eligibility, SEND status to fully utilise the functionality of the markbook).<br /> <br /> 2. Select the A-level subject at the top of the sheet. Subjects included are:<br /> Art<br /> Biology<br /> Business<br /> Chemistry<br /> Design &amp; Technology<br /> Drama<br /> Economics<br /> English Combined<br /> English Literature<br /> Geography<br /> Health (double)<br /> Health (single)<br /> History<br /> Law<br /> Maths<br /> Maths (Further)<br /> Media<br /> Music<br /> Music Technology<br /> Performance<br /> Photography<br /> Physical Education<br /> Physics<br /> Psychology<br /> Sociology<br /> [** the document is not locked for editing so you can add extra subjects/edit to your heart's desire]<br /> <br /> 3. The sheet generates ALPS-style target grades (NB: it uses the same 'Look-up' table as ALPS, but actually generates 'fine grades', ie. B+, B, B-, rather than 'split grades', ie. B, B/C, C<br /> <br /> 4. Then, every time you put in a new set of grades, the sheet colour-codes these compared with student targets, and calculates class statistics (ie. current 'ALPS' grade, %A*-B, %A*-E and %achieving target grade; including breaking these down by gender, PP, SEND and prior attainment.)<br /> <br /> With an up-to-date ALPS-style grade every time you do an assessment, there should be no nasty surprises. I find it useful anyway!<br /> <br /> I have included a second file with a bunch of made-up students in so that you can see how things are meant to work.

<p>This is one of a set of Powerpoints (and accompanying Notes/Key Terms sheets) that I have created for my own teaching of the macroeconomic topics in the new (linear) AQA AS Economics specification (7135). They follow the order of teaching recommended by the exam board and (generally) the AQA-approved textbook (Powell &amp; Powell, 2015).</p> <p>Key terms covered in this Powerpoint: (references to the specification):<br /> 3.2.2.4 Aggregate demand and the level of economic activity<br /> • The role of AD in influencing the level of economic activity.<br /> • The multiplier process and an explanation of why an initial change in expenditure may lead to a larger impact on local or national income.<br /> 3.2.2.5 Determinants of short-run aggregate supply<br /> • The price level and production costs are the main determinants of the short-run AS.<br /> • Changes in costs, such as: money wage rates, raw material prices, business taxation and productivity, will shift the short-run AS curve.<br /> 3.2.2.6 Determinants of long-run aggregate supply<br /> • The fundamental determinants of long-run AS such as technology, productivity, attitudes, enterprise, factor mobility, and<br /> economic incentives.<br /> • The position of the vertical long-run AS curve represents the normal capacity level of output of the economy.</p>

<p>This is one of a set of Powerpoints (and accompanying Notes/Key Terms sheets) that I have created for my own teaching of the macroeconomic topics in the new (linear) AQA AS Economics specification (7135). They follow the order of teaching recommended by the exam board and (generally) the AQA-approved textbook (Powell &amp; Powell, 2015).</p> <p>Key terms covered in this Powerpoint: (referenced to the specification):</p> <p>3.2.2.1 The circular flow of income<br /> • What national income measures.<br /> • The difference between nominal and real income.<br /> • Real national income as an indicator of economic performance.<br /> • The circular flow of income concept, the equation income = output = expenditure, and the concepts of equilibrium and full employment income.<br /> • The difference between injections and withdrawals into the circular flow of income.<br /> • The effect of changes in injections and withdrawals on national income.</p>

<p>This is one of a set of Powerpoints (and accompanying Notes/Key Terms sheets) that I have created for my own teaching of the macroeconomic topics in the new (linear) AQA AS Economics specification (7135). They follow the order of teaching recommended by the exam board and (generally) the AQA-approved textbook (Powell &amp; Powell, 2015).</p> <p>Key terms covered in this Powerpoint: (references to the specification):</p> <p>3.2.3.1 Economic growth and the economic cycle<br /> • The difference between short-run and long-run growth.<br /> • The various demand-side and supply-side determinants of shortrun growth of real national income and the long-run trend rate of economic growth.<br /> • The concept of the economic cycle and the use of a range of economic indicators, such as real GDP, the rate of inflation, unemployment and investment, to identify the various phases of the economic cycle.<br /> • The difference between positive and negative output gaps.<br /> • How demand-side and supply-side shocks, including those that occur in the global economy, affect domestic economic activity.</p>

This is a Powerpoint (and accompanying Notes/Key Terms sheet) that I created for my own teaching of the new (linear) AQA A-level Economics specification (7135). As I was also using the AQA-approved textbook (Powell &amp; Powell, 2016) the two follow a similar route through the material. <br /> <br /> Topics covered in this Powerpoint: (section 4.1.6.1 of the specification: demand for labour and marginal productivity theory)<br /> <br /> • The demand for a factor is derived from the demand for the product.<br /> • The marginal productivity theory of the demand for labour.<br /> • The demand curve for labour shows the relationship between the wage rate and number of workers employed.<br /> • The causes of shifts in the demand curve for labour.<br /> • The determinants of the elasticity of demand for labour.<br /> <br /> [Error in graph corrected 18 Dec 2017]

<p>This is one of a set of Powerpoints (and accompanying Notes/Key Terms sheets) that I have created for my own teaching of the macroeconomic topics in the new (linear) AQA AS Economics specification (7135). They follow the order of teaching recommended by the exam board and (generally) the AQA-approved textbook (Powell &amp; Powell, 2015).</p> <p>Key terms covered in this Powerpoint: (referenced to the specification):<br /> 3.2.1.1 The objectives of government economic policy<br /> • The main objectives of government macroeconomic policy: economic growth, price stability, minimising unemployment and a stable balance of payments on current account.<br /> • The possibility of conflict arising, at least in the short run, when attempting to achieve these objectives.<br /> Students should be aware that governments may also have other objectives of macroeconomic policy, such as balancing the budget and achieving an equitable distribution of income.<br /> They should be aware that the importance attached to the different objectives changes over time.<br /> 3.2.1.2 Macroeconomic indicators<br /> • Data which is commonly used to measure the performance of an economy, such as: real GDP, real GDP per capita, Consumer<br /> Prices and Retail Prices Indices (CPI/RPI), measures of unemployment, productivity and the balance of payments on current account.<br /> 3.2.1.3 Uses of index numbers<br /> • How index numbers are calculated and interpreted, including the base year and the use of weights.<br /> • How index numbers are used to measure changes in the price level and changes in other economic variables.</p>

This is a Powerpoint (and accompanying Notes/Key Terms sheet) that I created for my own teaching of the new (linear) AQA A-level Economics specification (7135). As I was also using the AQA-approved textbook (Powell &amp; Powell, 2016) the two follow a similar route through the material. <br /> <br /> Topics covered in this Powerpoint: <br /> <br /> 4.1.8.3 Public goods, private goods and quasi-public goods<br /> • Pure public goods are non-rival and non-excludable and recognition of the significance of these characteristics.<br /> • The difference between a public good and a private good.<br /> • Circumstances when a public good may take on some of the characteristics of a private good and become a quasi-public good.<br /> • The significance of technological change, eg. television broadcasting is now excludable.<br /> • The free-rider problem.<br /> • The tragedy of the commons<br /> 4.1.8.4 Positive and negative externalities in consumption and production<br /> • Externalities exist when there is a divergence between private and social costs and benefits.<br /> • Why negative externalities are likely to result in over-production and that positive externalities are likely to result in underproduction.<br /> • Why the absence of property rights leads to externalities in both production and consumption and hence market failure.<br /> • Students should be able to illustrate the misallocation of resources resulting from externalities in both production and consumption, using diagrams showing marginal private and social cost and benefit curves.<br /> 4.1.8.5 Merit and demerit goods<br /> • The classification of merit and demerit goods depends upon a value judgement.<br /> • Such products may be subject to positive and negative externalities in consumption.<br /> • How under-provision of merit goods and over-provision of demerit goods may also result from imperfect information.<br /> • Students should be able to illustrate the misallocation of resources resulting from the consumption of merit and demerit goods using diagrams showing marginal private and social cost and benefit curves.<br /> • It should be understood that not all products that result in positive or negative externalities in consumption are either merit or demerit goods.<br /> <br /> As well as the usual Key Terms sheet, there is a pre-lesson task so that students have looked over their Year 1/AS-level notes related to this topic.

This is a Powerpoint (and accompanying Notes/Key Terms sheet) that I created for my own teaching of the new (linear) AQA A-level Economics specification (7135). As I was also using the AQA-approved textbook (Powell &amp; Powell, 2016) the two follow a similar route through the material. <br /> Topics covered in this Powerpoint: (sections 4.1.6.2 to 4.1.6.3 of the specification)<br /> <br /> • The supply of labour to a particular occupation is influenced by monetary and non-monetary considerations.<br /> • Non-monetary considerations include job satisfaction and dissatisfaction and working conditions.<br /> • The supply curve for labour shows the relationship between the wage rate and number of workers willing to work in an occupation.<br /> • The causes of shifts in the market supply curve for labour.<br /> • The economists’ model of wage determination in a perfectly competitive labour market.<br /> • Role of market forces in determining relative wage rates.

This is one of a set of Powerpoints (and accompanying Notes/Key Terms sheets) that I have created for my own teaching of various sections of the new (linear) OCR AS Business specification (H031/H431). They follow the order of teaching recommended by the exam board and (generally) the OCR-approved textbook (Mottershead/Grant/Kelt, 2015). <br /> <br /> Specification reference:<br /> Global context<br /> • explain what is meant by globalisation <br /> • explain factors which facilitate globalisation including the Internet, communication technologies, e-commerce, trade liberalisation, transport infrastructure and multinationals <br /> • explain why some businesses are more affected than others by globalisation <br /> • explain the role of multinationals in globalisation <br /> • evaluate the opportunities and threats globalisation presents to a business <br /> • explain what is meant by global branding <br /> • evaluate the opportunities and threats to a business of a rise in the number of global brands <br /> • explain what is meant by international trade <br /> • explain the reasons for international trade <br /> • explain the nature and purpose of barriers to international trade <br /> • explain what is meant by an exchange rate.

<p>This is one of a set of Powerpoints (and accompanying Notes/Key Terms sheets) that I have created for my own teaching of various sections of the new (linear) OCR A-level Business specification (H031/H431). They follow the order of teaching recommended by the exam board and (generally) the OCR-approved textbook (Mottershead/Grant/Kelt, 2015).</p> <p>Specification references:<br /> - explain how and why quantitative methods of project management are used by a business: including Gantt charts, […], program evaluation and review technique (PERT)<br /> - explain the nature and purpose of Gantt charts and network analysis diagrams<br /> - complete and interpret Gantt charts: including duration and overlap<br /> - calculate and interpret optimistic time (O), pessimistic time §, most likely time (M), expected time, total float and free float and identify the critical path using PERT<br /> - evaluate the usefulness of quantitative methods of project management to a business and its stakeholders<br /> - evaluate the impact and importance of quantitative methods of project management to a business and its stakeholders<br /> - explain the qualitative factors which might affect project management in a business<br /> - evaluate the impact and importance of qualitative factors affecting project management to a business and its stakeholders.</p>

This is one of a set of Powerpoints (and accompanying Notes/Key Terms sheets) that I have created for my own teaching of various sections of the new (linear) OCR AS Business specification (H031/H431). They follow the order of teaching recommended by the exam board and (generally) the OCR-approved textbook (Mottershead/Grant/Kelt, 2015). <br /> Specification reference:<br /> The market, market structure, market size, share and growth <br /> • explain what is meant by a market <br /> • explain what is meant by market size <br /> • explain the importance of market size to a business <br /> • explain what is meant by market share <br /> • explain the importance of market share to a business <br /> • evaluate how a business could increase its market share <br /> • explain what is meant by market growth <br /> • recommend and justify how a business should respond to positive or negative market growth <br /> • recommend and justify how a business should respond to increasing or decreasing market share<br /> • explain what is meant by competition <br /> • describe the key features of monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition <br /> • analyse the relationship between market structure and a business’ decision making power <br /> • evaluate the impact of competition at the local, national and global contexts on a business.