Originally used with high achieving students who may not cope well with stress for fear of failure. A lesson / extra curricular session with suggested activities.
A worksheet that asks pupils to think about what they would do if they were chancellor and then outlines and explores some of the key announcements in the budget that refers to spring 2017 budget but could be used as a framework / model for pupils to explore the most recent budget.
6 pages - Notes with some spaces for pupils to fill in details. Covers Balance of payments deficit/surplus/ expenditure reducing/switching/ marshall lerner condition and J curve effect.
20 questions about the budget - see how many pupils can give an answer to; use for class discussion; display on board for pairs to discuss; set as a homework; set as a research task. Discussion points and answers where appropriate on pages 2/3.