Complete Lesson. Topic: Population: Growth, Trend, Causes, Structure, Types, Pyramid, Aging Population ’ppt’ IGCSEEconomics. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Identify and explain the factors that affect population growth - Birth rate, death rate, net migration, immigration and emigration. Identify and explain the reasons for different rates of population growth in different countries - How and why birth rates, death rates and net migration vary between countries. The effects of changes in the size and structure of population on different countries - The concept of an optimum population. The effects of increases and decreases in population size and changes in the age and gender distribution of population. Note: Interpretation of a population pyramid is required. Drawing is not.‘Class Activity - debate / points.’ ‘Multiple Choice Questions / Answers.’

Complete Lesson. Topic: Poverty & Differences in Economic Development between Countries ’ppt’ IGCSE Economics. With this resource, I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ ‘Questions with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Define absolute and relative poverty - The difference between the two terms. The causes of poverty - The causes of poverty including unemployment, low wages, illness and age. Policies to alleviate poverty and redistribute income Identify and evaluate differences in economic development between countries. - Causes and impacts of differences in income; productivity; population growth; size of primary, secondary and tertiary sectors; saving and investment; education; and healthcare. ‘Class Activity’ ‘Multiple Choice Questions’ with Answers.

Complete Lesson. Opportunity Cost and the Production Possibility Curve PPC * ’ppt’ IGCSE Economics. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Define opportunity cost and give examples of opportunity cost in different contexts. explain the influence of opportunity cost on decision making by consumers, workers, producers and governments when allocating their resources.Define the Production possibility curve diagrams (PPC), draw and interpret appropriate diagrams. Points under, on and beyond a PPC describe the significance of the location of production points. Describe movements along a PPC and opportunity cost. Shifts in a PPC - The causes and consequences of shifts in a PPC in terms of an economy’s growth.

Complete Lesson. Lesson Objectives: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: Define and measure economic growth - Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and how it can be used to measure economic growth. GDP per head (capita). Causes and consequences of recession. Recession and how it moves the economy within its PPC. Causes of economic growth - How changes in total demand may increase the utilisation of resources and GDP – leading to a movement from inside toward the PPC. How economic growth shifts the economy’s PPC to the right and is caused by changes in investment, technology, and the quantity and quality of the factors of production. Consequences of economic growth - The costs and benefits of economic growth in the context of different economies. The range of policies available to promote economic growth and how effective they might be. ‘Class Activities’ and ‘Multiple Choice Questions with Answers.’

The Role of Governments - Macroeconomic Aims, Policies & the Conflicts* ’ppt’ IGCSE Business Studies. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes, *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Describe the role of government - Locally, nationally and internationally. The macroeconomic aims of government - Economic growth, full employment/low unemployment, stable prices/low inflation, balance of payments stability, redistribution of income.Reasons behind the choice of aims and the criteria that governments set for each aim. Possible conflicts between macroeconomic aims - Possible conflicts between aims: full employment versus stable prices; economic growth versus balance of payments stability; and full employment versus balance of payments stability.‘Class Activity - Key word(s) Search. Multiple Choice Questions, Answers.’

Topic: Inflation and deflation Retail / Consumer Price Index ’ppt’ IGCSE Economics. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to; Define inflation and deflation. - Measure inflation and deflation using the Retail Prices Index (RPI). Explain - causes of inflation: demand-pull and cost-push. Causes of deflation: demand-side and supply-side. Consequences of inflation and deflation - for consumers, workers, savers, lenders, firms and the economy as a whole. Range of policies to control inflation and deflation and how effective they might be. ‘Class Activities’ & ‘Multiple Choice Questions’ with Answers.

A Work Sheet tailored to meet the IGCSE Business Studies 0450 syllabus for 2020, 2021 and 2022 exam requirements. The activities in it should cover more than one or two lessons. Assuredly, it will help you to fully engage your key stage 4 students during lessons as well prepare them for the ‘A and A* grades’ in the final examinations. All you need to do is print out the part of the work sheet you want to use, explain and/or discuss the sub topic for no more than 5 - 10 minutes and guide the students as they work on the tasks. They would scarcely need to consult with their text books and they will learn by themselves. Content: 1.3.1 Enterprise and entrepreneurship: •Characteristics of successful entrepreneurs • Contents of a business plan and how business plans assist entrepreneurs • Why and how governments support business start-ups, e.g. grants, training schemes.

Money and Banking and Stock Exchange ’ppt’ IGCSE Economics. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes, *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities. Keyword(s) search. Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Define, identify and explain money - The forms, functions and characteristics of money. Banking - The role and importance of central banks and commercial banks for government, producers and consumers. Stock Exchange - The functions, role in an economy and types of stocks. Class Activities & Multiple Choice Questions with Answers.

Complete Lesson. **Topic: ** The role of market research and methods used ‘ppt’ IGCSE, ‘ppt’ ** IGCSE Business Studies syllabus. *.Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Class Activity. Questions and Answers. Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Describe Market-orientated businesses (uses of market research information to a business)• Primary research and secondary research (benefits and limitations of each) • Methods of primary research, e.g. postalquestionnaire, online survey, interviews, focus groups• The need for sampling • Methods of secondary research, e.g. online, accessing government sources, paying for commercial market research reports • Factors influencing the accuracy of market research data.

Business finance needs and sources micro finance Crowd funding ’ppt’ IGCSE Business Studies & Economics. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Identify the need for business finance: • The main reasons why businesses need finance, e.g. start-up capital, capital for expansion and additional working capital • Understand the difference between short-term and long-term finance needs. The main sources of finance: • Internal sources and external sources with examples • Short-term and long-term sources with examples, e.g. overdraft for short-term and debt or equity for long-term finance. • Importance of alternative sources of capital, e.g. micro-finance, crowd-funding • The main factors considered in making the financial choice, e.g. size and legal form of business, amount required, length of time, existing loans.• Recommend and justify appropriate source(s) of finance in given circumstances. ‘Class Activities.’ with 'solution.’

Complete Lesson. Topic: Production of goods and Services and Lean Production and Methods of Production ’ppt’ IGCSE Business Studies. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes, *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Explain production: • Manage resources effectively to produce goods and services • Differentiate between production and productivity • Explain benefits of increasing efficiency and how to increase it, e.g. increasing productivity by automation and technology, improved labour Skills • Why businesses hold inventories • The concept of lean production: how to achieve it, e.g. just-in-time inventory control and Kaizen; benefits of lean production The main methods of production: • Features, benefits and limitations of job, batch and flow production • Recommend and justify an appropriate production method for a given situation How technology has changed production methods, e.g. using computers in design and manufacturing.

Complete Lesson. Micro and Macroeconomics and The Role of Markets in Allocating Resources ’ppt’ IGCSE Economics. With this resource, I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ ‘Questions with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Explain microeconomics, and macroeconomics, the difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics and the decision makers involved in each. The market system - How a market system works; including buyers, sellers, allocation of scarce resources, market equilibrium, and market disequilibrium. Key resources allocation decisions - Establishing that the economic problem creates three key questions about determining resource allocation - what to produce, how, and for whom. Introduction to the price mechanism - How the price mechanism provides answers to these key allocation questions.• ‘Class Activity – key words,’ ‘Multiple Choice Questions’ with ‘Answers.

Complete Lesson. Market Failure. Private & Social Costs & Benefits Public and Private Spending * ’ppt’ IGCSE Economics. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes, *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Define market failure and the key terms associated with market failure: public good, merit good, demerit good, social benefits, external benefits, private benefits, social costs, external costs, private costs. Causes of market failure - With respect to public goods, merit and demerit goods, external costs and external benefits, abuse of monopoly power and factor immobility. Examples of market failure with respect to these areas only. Consequences of market failure - The implications of misallocation of resources in respect of the over consumption of demerit goods and goods with external costs, and the under consumption of merit goods and goods with external benefits. Note: diagrams of demand and supply relating to market failure are not required.

Complete Lesson. Topic: * The Mixed Economic System * ’ppt’ IGCSE Economics… 'Use these materials to engage your students, and relax. You can consistently produce A*s, As, and Bs. **User guidelines: ** Duplicate the file. Delete the answers to the activities in one file and share to students before or during the class. Project the file. Teach and / or discuss the content within 5 to 15 minutes of lesson time. Let students work on the activities provided. Watch and guide them individually or collectively as the needs arise, such that they understand and do the needful. Use the activities as you find fit. Project the answers. Let students exchange and mark their own scripts for short and direct responses questions. Mark the detailed responses yourself. Best regards. Lesson Objectives At the completion of the lesson, all students should be able to; Define the mixed economic system. Describe government intervention to address market failure - Definitions, drawing and interpretation of appropriate diagrams showing the effects of three government microeconomic policy measures: maximum and minimum prices in product, labour and foreign exchange markets; indirect taxation; and subsidies. Definitions only of; government microeconomic policy measures: regulation; privatisation and nationalisation; and direct provision of goods.The effectiveness of government intervention in overcoming the drawbacks of a market economic system.‘Class Activities - Key word(s) search’ ‘Multiple Choice Tests’ ‘Answers.’

Complete Lesson. Topic: Monetary Policy and Supply-side Policy ‘ppt’, ** IGCSE Economics syllabus. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ ‘Multiple Choice Questions with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Define money supply and monetary policy Identify and explain the monetary policy measures - Changes in interest rates, money supply and foreign exchange rates. Identify and explain the effects of monetary policy - How monetary policy measures may enable the government to achieve its macroeconomic aims. Define supply -side policy Identify and explain supply-side policy measures - Examples include education and training, labour market reforms, lower direct taxes, deregulation, improving incentives to work and invest, and privatisation. Identify and explain the effects of supply-side policy measures - How supply-side policy measures may enable the government to achieve its macroeconomic aims.

Complete Lesson. Topic: Government Budget, Taxation and Fiscal policy ‘ppt’, ** IGCSE Economics and Bus Studies syllabus. With these resources, I have consistently produced As, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes. Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ ‘Questions with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; Objectives; Definition of the government budget. Reasons for government spending: The main areas of government spending. Reasons for taxation: reasons for and effects of spending in these areas. Taxation as the main source of government revenue and the reasons for levying taxation. Classification of taxes: progressive, regressive, proportional; and direct, indirect. Principles of taxation: The qualities of a good tax. Impact of taxation: on consumers, producers, government and economy as a whole. Definition of fiscal policy. Fiscal policy measures: The tax and spending changes, in the form of fiscal policy, that cause budget balance or imbalance. Including calculations of the size of a budget deficit or surplus. Effects of fiscal policy on government on macroeconomic aims. How fiscal policy measures may enable the government to achieve its macroeconomic aims. Note: aggregate demand and aggregate supply are not required. ‘Class Activities’ and ‘Multiple Choice Questions with Answers.’

Work Sheet: Topic: The purpose and nature of business activity, Importance of specialization, and Added Value. ‘MS Word.’ IGCSE Business Studies. Syudies syllabus. Engage your pupils, relax, and simply guide them. All you need to do is print out the part you want to use, Explain and/or discuss the sub topic for 5 - 10 minutes and watch them learn by themselves, as they work on the tasks. Answers provided. Content •• Concepts of needs, wants, scarcity and opportunity cost •• Importance of specialization •• Purpose of business activity •• The concept of adding value and how added value can be increased.

Complete Lesson. Firms, Demand for Factors of Production, Productivity and production * ’ppt’ IGCSE Economics. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes, *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Identify and explain what Influences demand for factors of production - include demand for the product, the price of different factors of production, their availability and their productivity.Identify and explain Labour-intensive and capital-intensive production - The reasons for adopting the different forms of production and their advantages and disadvantages.Production and productivity - The difference between, and influences on, production and productivity.• ‘Class Activities’ ‘Multiple Choice Questions’ with Answers.

Complete Lesson. Trade Unions * ’ppt’ IGCSE Economics. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes, *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Define trade union. Identify and explain the role of trade unions in the economy - including engaging in collective bargaining on wages, working hours and working conditions; protecting employment; and influencing government policy. The advantages and disadvantages of trade union activity - Factors influencing the strength of trade unions. From the viewpoint of workers, firms and the government. ‘Class Activities’ ‘Keywords Study’ ‘Multiple Choice Questions with Answers.’

Costs Revenue Economies Diseconomies of scale Break-even Analysis* ’ppt’ IGCSE Economics. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; • Identify and classify costs using examples, e.g. fixed, variable, average, total • Use cost data to help make simple cost-based decisions, e.g. to stop production or continue. • Explain economies of scale with examples, e.g. purchasing, marketing, financial, managerial, technical.• Explain diseconomies of scale with examples, e.g. poor communication, lack of commitment from employees, weak coordination. External economies of Scale. • Break-even analysis • Construct, complete or amend a simple break-even chart • Interpret a given chart and use it to analyse a situation • Calculate break-even output from given data • Define, calculate and interpret the margin of safety • Use break-even analysis to help make simple decisions, e.g. impact of higher price • Understand the limitations of break-even analysis Class Activity Questions. Solutions included.