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Former teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)

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Former teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)
IB Economics (HL) - Microeconomics - Unit 2 (Real-world issue 2)
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IB Economics (HL) - Microeconomics - Unit 2 (Real-world issue 2)

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For Unit 1: Introduction to Economics see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12681403 For Unit 2 (Real-world issue 1): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12793808 Everything that you need to teach Real-world issue 2 of Unit 2: Microeconomics of IB DP Economics (Higher Level). Includes: 240 slide PowerPoint (broken down into individual lessons covering everything in the syllabus) Student activities and challenges throughout the presentations Worksheets Practice questions Graph practice Links to relevant videos and articles Links to online quizzes Topics covered include: Perfect competition Oligopoly & monopoly Government intervention Max and min prices Taxes and subsidies Externalities Public goods Also includes: Economics reading diary (and recommended reading list) Graph practice (for units 1 and 2)
Introduction to UK political parties (AS Politics)
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Introduction to UK political parties (AS Politics)

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AS-level Politics lesson (Edexcel) introducing the main UK political parties (Labour, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats etc) as part of the module on Political Parties, used with my Year 12s. Includes: Politics reading diary (with reading list) Introduction to seats/constituencies Introduction to the political spectrum (left wing & right wing) Introduction to the main parties and their policies Explanation of the main functions of political parties Student activities throughout Homework task (political compass test) Other selected previous lessons: Voter behaviour and the media (12-lesson bundle): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/voter-behaviour-and-the-media-12-lessons-worksheets-and-more-12633978 Human Rights Act: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/human-rights-act-as-politics-12673794 Statute Law: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/statute-law-as-politics-12658611
Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): External influences on business activity (8 complete lessons)
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Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): External influences on business activity (8 complete lessons)

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Eight lessons covering Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies, Section 6 Each lesson is comfortably 1-hour long (what they don’t finish I set for homework) and includes a PowerPoint plus various activities and/or worksheets. Lesson 1 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12494613 Lesson 2 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12494998 Lesson 3 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12495450 Lesson 4 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12499066 Lesson 5 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12505357 Lesson 6 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12507546 Lesson 7 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12509139 Lesson 8 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516750
Maslow, Mayo & Taylor on motivation (AS-level Business)
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Maslow, Mayo & Taylor on motivation (AS-level Business)

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1-hour AS-level Business Studies lesson on Motivation (Maslow, Mayo & Taylor) used with my Year 12 students (Cambridge, Unit 2). Includes: Starter task (on Goleman, McGregor, Mintzberg) PowerPoint (with learning tasks) Practice questions Link to relevant 7-min Ted Talk Previous lesson on Theory X & Theory Y and emotional intelligence is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12583931 Earlier lesson on leadership styles (autocratic, democratic etc) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12579237 Earlier lesson on Mintzberg here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12579229
1979 UK general election (AS Politics)
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1979 UK general election (AS Politics)

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AS Politics lesson (Edexcel) on the 1979 UK general election as part of Voter behaviour & the media module. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Starter task (students must decipher 1979 election data) Homework task Some prior knowledge is required so please see previous lessons below: Introduction to voter behaviour & the media): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12578155 ‘Typical’ party voters: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12578310 Understanding political data: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12580693 Ethnicity, gender & education: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12587224 Governing competence: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12591090 Party manifestos: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12591103 Full shop for other Politics resources (as well as Economics and Business): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
AS-level Microeconomics bundle: Unit 1 (Edexcel) - chapters 1-10 (15 lessons + worksheets)
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AS-level Microeconomics bundle: Unit 1 (Edexcel) - chapters 1-10 (15 lessons + worksheets)

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Bundle of 15 lessons covering the first 10 chapters of Edexcel AS-level Economics (Student book 1). Each lesson includes a PowerPoint (plus worksheets/activities). Lesson 1: Introduction to Microeconomics Lesson 2: Scarcity Lesson 3: Opportunity cost Lesson 4: Factors of production Lesson 5: Production possibility frontiers Lesson 6: Specialisation & Division of labour Lesson 7: Functions of money Lesson 8: Types of economy Lesson 9: Rational decision making Lesson 10: Demand Lesson 11: Price elasticity of demand (PED) Lesson 12: Income elasticity of demand (YED) Lesson 13: Cross elasticity of demand (XED) Lesson 14: Supply & the supply curve Lesson 15: Price elasticity of supply (PES) Also includes: 1-hour assessment (with mark scheme) Student reading diary Graph practice worksheet Essay planner template Selection of multiple choice questions from recent past papers
Rational decision making (AS-level Economics)
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Rational decision making (AS-level Economics)

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AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering rational decision making (inertia; habitual behaviour; consumer computation etc.) Full 1-hour lesson includes: PowerPoint Activities Worksheet Homework 7-lesson bundle covering all chapters on consumer behaviour, demand, and supply can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12535155 8-lesson bundle for previous chapters (the economic problem; factors of production; functions of money; specialisation/division of labour; production possibility frontiers etc) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890
Business strategy: SWOT, PEST, Porter's, Ansoff  + more (A-level Business)
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Business strategy: SWOT, PEST, Porter's, Ansoff + more (A-level Business)

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68-slide PowerPoint + worksheets and activities for teaching Business Strategy (Cambridge A-level Business). Covers all of the following from the syllabus: – Blue ocean strategy – Scenario planning – SWOT analysis – PEST analysis – Porter’s five forces – Core competence framework – Ansoff matrix – Force field analysis – Decision trees
External economies & diseconomies of scale (A-level Economics)
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External economies & diseconomies of scale (A-level Economics)

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A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on external economies & diseconomies of scale Lesson covers: external sources of economies & diseconomies of scale, drawing SRAC and LRAC costs curves and the LRAC envelope. Includes: PowerPoint (with student tasks) Starter task Worksheet (with questions and graphs to complete) Part 1 on internal economies & diseconomies of scale is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12588440 Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Delayering & organisation structure (A-level Business)
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Delayering & organisation structure (A-level Business)

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Part 2 of my A-level Business Studies lessons on Organisation Structure (Cambridge, Unit 2) - used with my Year 13 students. Includes: Starter task Powerpoint (with various learner tasks throughout) Practice questions Lesson covers delayering (advantages and disadvantages of), growing a business’ formal structure and informal organisation structures. Part one of this lesson can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12590907 4-lesson bundle for teaching earlier chapter on Further Human Resource Management (Unit 2, Cambridge) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582
Herzberg, Vroom & McClelland on motivation (AS-level Business)
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Herzberg, Vroom & McClelland on motivation (AS-level Business)

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AS-level Business Studies lesson on Motivation (Herzberg, Vroom & McClelland) used with my Year 12 students (Cambridge, Unit 2). Includes: Starter task (on Taylor, Mayo, Maslow) PowerPoint (with learning tasks) Practice questions Worksheet Link to relevant short video Previous lesson on Taylor, Mayo and Maslow is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12585435
Political advertising & single issue voting (AS Politics)
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Political advertising & single issue voting (AS Politics)

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AS Politics lesson (Edexcel) on the political advertising & single issue voting as part of Voter behaviour & the media module. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Essay writing tips for writing about 1979 general election Election campaign posters for students to discuss and rate Homework task (with link to political advertising documentary) Homework worksheet Some prior knowledge is required so please see previous lessons below: Introduction to voter behaviour & the media): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12578155 ‘Typical’ party voters: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12578310 Understanding political data: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12580693 Ethnicity, gender & education: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12587224 Governing competence: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12591090 Party manifestos: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12591103 1979 UK general election: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12591105 Full shop for other Politics resources (as well as Economics and Business): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Internal economies & diseconomies of scale (A-level Economics)
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Internal economies & diseconomies of scale (A-level Economics)

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A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on internal economies & diseconomies of scale Lesson covers: internal sources of economies & diseconomies of scale (marketing; purchasing; financial; managerial; technical), drawing the LRAC curve and minimum efficient scale. Includes: PowerPoint (with student tasks throughout) Starter task (short-run cost curves) Worksheet (with questions, case studies and graphs to complete) Homework question (with planning sheet) Previous lesson on short-run cost curves is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12587168 Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
4Ps: place and distribution methods: IGCSE Business
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4Ps: place and distribution methods: IGCSE Business

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IGCSE Business Studies lesson on distribution methods (Cambridge, Unit 3) used with my Y11 students. Lesson covers distribution methods (direct distribution; retail distribution; wholesale distribution and distribution through agents) and includes: PowerPoint (with learning activities) Worksheet Practice questions Previous lesson on price, pricing strategies & price elasticity of demand here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12597322 Full shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Normal & supernormal profit (A-level Economics)
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Normal & supernormal profit (A-level Economics)

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A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on normal & supernormal profit Includes: PowerPoint (with student tasks) Starter task Worksheet (A-level graph practice) Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
A-level Business Studies: Further Human Resource Management (4 lessons + worksheets)
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A-level Business Studies: Further Human Resource Management (4 lessons + worksheets)

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Bundle of 4 A-level Business Studies lessons covering Further Human Resource Management (Cambridge, Unit 2, Chapter 13) used with my Year 13 students Each lesson includes a PowerPoint (plus worksheets/activities) Lesson 1: Hard & soft HRM (2 hours) Lesson 2: Labour productivity, absenteeism (1 hour) Lesson 3: Labour laws & workforce planning (1 hour) Lesson 4: Trade unions (2 hours) Buying the bundle saves 50% on buying individually Full shop for more Business, Economics and Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Strategic analysis & strategic choice bundle (7 lessons + worksheets)
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Strategic analysis & strategic choice bundle (7 lessons + worksheets)

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A-level Business strategic analysis & strategic choice bundle (Unit 6, Cambridge). L1: Introduction to strategic management L2: SWOT & PEST L3: Boston Matrix L4: Porter’s Five Forces L5: Ansoff Matrix L6: Force-field analysis L7: Decision trees Worksheets and activities included with each lesson.
Labour laws & workplace planning (A-level Business)
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Labour laws & workplace planning (A-level Business)

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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
Trade unions (A-level Business)
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Trade unions (A-level Business)

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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
Specialisation & Division of labour (AS-level Economics)
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Specialisation & Division of labour (AS-level Economics)

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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