Quick lesson on the merits of an annual wealth tax used with my Year 12 and 13 Economics students. -Students read the BBC article on a proposed wealth tax -Try to fill in the table with some pros and cons (using their own knowledge) -Then I put the Financial Times video on (20 mins; free on YouTube) and asked students to update their table accordingly -Also resulted in a good discussion in my classes after viewing I found this was a good way to help my students understand a real world issue that isn’t necessarily in the syllabus. I did something similar with Universal Basic Income here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12772087

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on monopolies and price discrimination. Includes: PowerPoint (covering pure monopolies, near-pure monopolies, natural monopolies, price discrimination and monopsony) Starter task (on market structures) Practice questions and activities for students Practice 30-mark mini assessment (on everything covered in the PowerPoint) Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

Quick critical thinking activity for students (used with my Year 12 form group). Simply print the worksheet and clues, show students the video and then have them solve the riddle (took my lot about 40 minutes).

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-12684013 Everything that you need to teach Real-world issue 2 of Unit 2: Microeconomics of IB DP Economics (Standard Level). Includes: 86 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: 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)

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on contestability. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Starter task (on sunk costs) Lots of examples of contestable markets and what makes them contestable Practice questions Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

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)

Chapter-by-chapter microeconomics revision videos for Year 12 and 13 A-level Economics students (Edexcel). Download the Word doc and click on the links. I get my students to bookmark them. The lists are constantly being updated on a Google doc (so please let me know of any recommendations that I can add).

A list of microeconomics news articles relating to each chapter of Edexcel International A-level Economics, Student Book 1 and Student Book 2 for Year 12 & 13 Economics students. Most articles are taken from The FT (subscription required). See bottom of each list for help getting free accounts for students.

Full lesson on pressure groups used with my Y12 Politics students (Edexcel), includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Case studies (Just Stop Oil; Gurkhas; Stop the War) Explanation of insider vs. outsider groups Links to relevant videos and articles

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering Size of Business. Lesson covers backward vertical integration, horizontal integration, mergers/takeovers etc. and includes: Starter task PowerPoint Group work Relevant graph (economies and diseconomies of scale) Individual worksheet Related past paper question / exam practice Essay planner sheet Took my Y13s about 2 hours to complete. Previous lesson on types of business can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12578132 Full shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

AS-level Politics lesson (Edexcel) on the historical development of the UK’s established political parties as part of the module on Political Parties, used with my Year 12s. Includes: Starter on the main functions of political parties Link to list of UK politics documentaries Handouts on Labour, Conservatives & Liberal Democrats Brick wall templates to help students visualise the ‘building’ of the main parties throughout history Homework task (students to explain which party that they think align with most) 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 Sources of the UK Constitution: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12658617

AS-level Politics lesson (Edexcel) on minor UK political parties (SNP, Greens, Plaid & UKIP) as part of the module on Political Parties, used with my Year 12s. Includes: Starter on political party funding Major successes of the minor parties (e.g. Brexit for UKIP) Policies of the minor parties Two-party system discussion 5-part homework documentary on New Labour (see previous lessons) 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 Historical development of the UK’s main political parties: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12729930 UK political party funding: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12729938

Privatisation versus Nationalisation A-level Business Studies (Cambridge) lesson used with my Year 13s. Includes: -Starter quiz (refresh from some previous topics) -Link to video on privatisation and nationalisation -Debate task (privatise the NHS?) -Homework: TEDTalk video review (with worksheet) Other lessons from this unit: Business strategy pack (SWOT, PEST, Porter’s etc): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12742325 Corporate culture: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12650698 Labour productivity and absenteeism: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12580712

A-level Business Studies (Cambridge) lesson on social and environmental audits (and how/why businesses use them) used with my Year 13s. Includes: -Starter -Social audits explained (plus activity) -Why social/environmental audits are important (pressure groups; ethical business practice; sustainability etc.) -Greenwashing -Corporate social responsibility practice questions -Worksheet for students to create their own environmental audit Other lessons from this unit: Business strategy pack (SWOT, PEST, Porter’s etc): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12742325 Corporate culture: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12650698 Privatisation & nationalisation: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12743838

75-slide Marketing (Cambridge; Unit 3) mega PowerPoint used with my Year 11 IGCSE Business Studies students. Topics covered in the PowerPoint include: Product life cycle R&D Pricing strategies (cost-plus; penetration; price skimming, promotional) Price elasticity of demand Promotion methods Distribution methods (direct distribution; retail distribution; wholesale distribution etc) E-commerce (B2B; B2C; C2C) Entering foreign markets The PPT has learner activities and practice questions throughout and there are also 5 worksheets to complete (plus a short assessment I made using marketing questions from past papers). More Economics, Politics and Business Studies material uploaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

For previous lesson on payback period see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12796450 Quick average / accounting rate of return lesson used with my Year 13 Business students. PPT includes: Choice of starter quizzes Quick recap (payback period) Average rate of return (explanation and worked example) Student practice questions (and answers)

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on determination of wage rates used with my Y13 students. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Starter (quick refresh on some previous Y13 content) Explanations of perfectly competitive labour markets and non-competitive labour markets Practice questions Diagram explanations & practice Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

Full lesson on referendums in the UK used with my Y12 Politics students (Edexcel), includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Pros and cons explained In-depth look at Scottish independence referendum Research task into UK referendums since 1997 Homework videos (Brexit movie & documentary) Previous lessons below: FPTP (first-past-the-post): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12859872 AMS (additional member system): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12859879 STV & SV: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12862233