This may not be fully up to date, designed for the AQA GCSE from Sept 2012 **Please read before purchase** This resources breaks down the AQA GCSE Business Studies course down into lessons for both Unit 1 and Unit 2, making planning and organisation much easier. It include lesson objectives, learning outcomes and suggested teaching activities for Unit 1. For Unit 2 there are learning outcomes, some objectives and some suggested teaching activities, it is not as complete as Unit 1 but it is all set up ready to use. I have made a range of resources available on TES that go with the scheme of learning. It is fully editable if you wish to change or add elements and ideas. There is space to add different lesson approaches, so that you can take a different approach depending on the class or teacher preference. There are hyperlinks to key online resources as well as to other places in the document to save time. You can then use the resources space to hyperlink resources for specific lessons. You will find that resources I have shared go with the lessons on the scheme of learning. The purpose of this document as well as organising a department is to encourage people to share ideas on the document and to record approaches that work to save time in the long term. Hope you find it useful in organising the course and saves you time!

A selection of resources to teach business objectives at GCSE level. Should get pupils thinking about such an important but difficult topic to teach. This could be taught in one or two lessons, depending on how long you spend on the activities.

Presentation to use to teach Promotion. Suitable for GCSE level. Contains theory, activities and video links for use as a plenary. One full lessons worth of content.

A revision resource for students to work through. Includes topics: sources of finance, business ownership, production, revenue and profit, recruitment and cash flow. Depending on the speed students work could last up to one hour with discussion of answers and corrections. 5 pages of activities in total. Designed for AQA Business Unit 1, but would equally be useful for other exam boards.

I have used this in the past to teach sixth formers how to revise effectively. They often think they know how to revise but many of them do not revise effectively. Read through the information on the resource and give them some of your own experiences and hopefully their revision and grade will improve.

**Great way to end the year** This is a unique game where students are split into two halves: Sellers - these students have set amounts of stock that they need to sell for the best price possible. Buyers - these students have set amounts of items that they need to buy within a budget. The game runs over three rounds, to give students the opportunity to reflect and change their approach. It teaches them about supply and demand as well as communication and negotiation skills. It will last a full lesson if the entrepreneurial skills worksheet is used and class discussion is held at the end to reflect on what happened and why. There is then the creating a mobile phone activity to use - so if done properly with class discussion there is enough for two hours. The buying/selling game is a real gem, students love it and its great for active/creative learning. I used it at a job interview and it went down very well.

This resource assumes students understand what break even is and how it is calculated. It provides a scenario for them to research, make decisions and then model whether they would actually be successful based on their decisions made. The lesson plan would be: 0-10 Recap breakeven 10-25 Research costs and make decisions 25-40 Calculate break even using table, check with calculation . 40-50 Make changes to business price and costs etc, recalculate. 50-60 Whole class feedback

Presentation that covers all ratio's that all A-Level business courses cover. It is split into 5 to 6 lessons depending on whether you do the project at the end. It has the information that students need on each ratio that can be discussed as a class or used to make a good set of student notes - in the first lesson or for homework students are to download company annual reports and print the profit and loss and balance sheet to use to complete practice calculations - or you may have a textbook that you prefer to use. Once you have discussed and made notes practice calculations can commence for the rest of the lesson followed by feedback means your lessons are basically planned for you! Exam style question included at the end.

PowerPoint on capacity utilisation, with some student tasks/discussion points along with the key facts which can be used for discussion or note taking. Can be a full lesson if you discuss the issues fully. Constructive feedback welcome.

A full example of a covering letter for a teaching role. This has been tried and tested and never failed to get an interview. All you will need to do is amend various sections and change the skills and experience’s to suit you. It will need tailoring to the job you are applying for but that is always the case. The will save you a lot of time and almost guarantee you an interview. There are also guidance notes at the end providing further advice when applying for a job and writing a covering letter to help you out and to represent better value. Good luck! Constructive feedback welcome, please rate 5* if you get the job!!!

Resources to teach the idea of improving profit, it assumes the idea of profit is already understood. Breaks down how profit can be improved considering price, revenue and costs individually. x3 sheets and a PowerPoint, homework questions also included.

A lesson on market conditions. Lesson Plan 0-10 Students place examples on the scale (slide 3) followed by feedback 10-30 Note taking and discussion on slides 4-9 (types of market structures) 30-45 Students complete the worksheet 45-55 Feedback on worksheet 55-60 What market does_______ operate in activity. Creates lots of discussion. Hope this is useful to teach a sometimes confusing topic for students. Will also save you lots of time. Constructive feedback welcome.

Two PowerPoints covering the topic of Decision Trees. Includes: Introductory questions Demonstration of how to use and construct decision trees Information on pro's and con's Practice question using a table Ideal for sixth form to help save you time in planning.

An activity to teach consumer protection including consumer protection act, sale of goods and trade description. Students are given the information and a lit of case studies, in small groups they are to decide whether a law has been broken, which one, why and what action might be taken. A really engaging lesson as students work together to come to a conclusion. At the end of the lesson a whole class discussion can be completed to check answers. IN RESPONSE TO RATING: I am not quite sure what the purchaser was expecting, what I am selling is a way to teach a lesson and the resources needed. I would suggest the following: 0-10 Starter: Write on books/post-its examples of when they think they have been treated badly by a business (and feedback from starter) 10-20: Introduce consumer protection laws 20-45: Put students into small groups and ask them to read the information sheets and work out for each mini case study whether a law has been broken and what law might have been broken. 45-55: Class feedback 55-60: Set your own homework or plenary Would welcome further constructive feedback.

This task involves students creating organisational structures based on the development of a business over the period of 5 years. Each time they need to design an organisational chart, during class feedback you can discuss they choices made. Could also be set for homework. Comes with an answer sheet to make life easy! Lasts around 10 to 20 minutes to create charts, followed by feedback of around ten minutes. Constructive feedback welcome.

One lessons worth of resources to teach financial growth, assumes students have some knowledge of the sources if finance. The lesson plan would be: 0-10: Revising the sources of finance by matching up sources of definitions and feedback 10-30: Students to fill out the table on paper or on the computer analysing finance based on cost, risk and analysis. Put up the help sheets around the room for support. 30-40: Whole class feedback 40-55: Students come up with their own mini business pitch, they pitch to individuals, groups or class and they suggest and analyse which source might be best for their idea. 55-60: Review learning and set homework if appropriate.

A PowerPoint to teach the topic of Porters 5 Forces. Great for discussion and has relevant examples. You may wish to use for students to make notes from or simply as a discussion tool/revision document. Constructive feedback welcome.