Lesson Plan Topic: Business and the international economy- ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; The importance of Globalisation: •• The concept of Globalisation and the reasons for it. •• Opportunities and threats of Globalisation for businesses. •• Why governments might introduce import tariffs and import quotas. Reasons for the importance and growth of multinational companies (MNCs): •• Benefits to a business of becoming a multinational and the impact on its stakeholders. •• Potential benefits to a country and/or economy where a MNC is located, e.g. jobs, exports, increased choice, investment •• Potential drawbacks to a country and/or economy where a MNC is located, e.g. reduced sales of local businesses, repatriation of profits The impact of exchange rate changes: •• Depreciation and appreciation of an exchange Rate •• How exchange rate changes can affect businesses as importers and exporters of products, e.g. prices, competitiveness, profitability (exchange rate calculations will not be assessed) NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Foreign exchange rates Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Define foreign exchange rate - Floating and fixed systems. Explain the determination of foreign exchange rate in foreign exchange market - The demand for and supply of a currency in the foreign exchange market and the determination of the equilibrium foreign exchange rate. Causes of foreign exchange rate fluctuations - Including changes in demand for exports and imports, changes in the rate of interest, speculation, and the entry or departure of MNCs. consequences of foreign exchange rate fluctuations - The effects of foreign exchange rate fluctuations on export and import prices and spending on imports and exports via the PED. Floating and fixed foreign exchange rates - The difference between, and the advantages and disadvantages of, a floating foreign exchange rate and a fixed foreign exchange rate system. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Supply-side policy Supply-side policy Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Define supply-side policy. describe supply-side policy measures and. effects of supply-side policy measures on government macroeconomic aims NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic:The Nature of the Economic Problem and Factors of Production Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics - ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Describe finite resources and unlimited wants - Definition and examples of the economic problem in the contexts of: consumers; workers; producers; and governments. Economic and free goods. The difference between economic goods and free goods. Definitions of the factors of production and their rewards - Definitions and examples of land, labour, capital and enterprise. Examples of the nature of each factor of production. Mobility of the factors of production - The influences on the mobility of the various factors. Quantity and quality of the factors of production - The causes of changes in the quantity and quality of the various factors. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Role of government and the Macroeconomic aims Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Identify and explain the macroeconomic aims of government. Possible conflicts between macroeconomic aims. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: conomic issues; Business cycle, Government control, etc. - ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Identify and explain the Business cycle: •• Main stages of the business cycle, e.g. growth, boom, recession, slump. •• Impact on businesses of changes in employment levels, inflation and Gross Domestic Product (GDP). How government control over the economy affects business activity and how businesses may respond: •• Identify government economic objectives, e.g. increasing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) •• Impact of changes in taxes and government spending •• Impact of changes in interest rates •• How businesses might respond to these changes. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic:Population Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Describe the factors that affect population growth. Reasons for different rates of population growth in different countries. The effects of changes in the size and structure of population on different countries. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic:Market Structure Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Describe competitive markets - describe the effect of having a high number of firms on price, quality, choice, profit. Note: the theory of perfect and imperfect competition and diagrams are not required. Describe monopoly markets – describe the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of monopoly. Note: diagrams are not required. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Poverty Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Define poverty, and absolute and relative poverty; Give 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; Policies including those promoting economic growth, improved education, more generous state benefits, progressive taxation, and national minimum wage. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic:Employment and unemployment rates Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Define employment, unemployment and full employment. Describe the nature and causes of the of changing patterns and level of employment - for example increase in proportion of workers employed in the tertiary sector and formal economy as an economy develops; a greater proportion of women in the labour force due to changes in social attitudes; decline in the proportion employed in the public sector as a country moves towards a market economy. How unemployment is measured – claimant count and labour force survey – and the formula for the unemployment rate. Causes/types of unemployment - Frictional, structural and cyclical unemployment. Consequences of unemployment - The consequences of unemployment for the individual, firms and the economy as a whole. Identify and explain - the range of policies available to reduce unemployment and how effective they might be. NB: You can add your school’s name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Economic Growth Lesson Plan. IGCSE Economics- ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; define economic growth. Measurement of economic growth. Causes and consequences of recession. Causes of economic growth. Consequences of economic growth. Policies to promote economic growth NB: You can add your school’s name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Market Failure Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Define market failure - 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: demand and supply diagrams relating to market failure are not required. NB: You can add your school’s name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic:Inflation and deflation Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Define inflation and deflation. Measurement of inflation and deflation using the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). Causes of inflation and deflation - Causes of inflation: demand-pull and cost-push. Causes of deflation: demand-side and supply-side. Consequences of inflation and deflation - The consequences of inflation and deflation for consumers, workers, savers, lenders, firms and the economy as a whole. Policies to control inflation and deflation. The range of policies available to control inflation and deflation and how effective they might be. NB: You can add your school’s name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Firms’ Costs, Revenue and Objectives Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; define costs of production - Total cost (TC), average total cost (ATC), fixed cost (FC), variable cost (VC), average fixed cost (AFC), average variable cost (AVC). Note: marginal cost not required. Calculation of costs of production - TC, ATC, FC, VC, AFC and AVC. Definition, drawing and interpretation of diagrams that show how changes in output affect costs of production. Definition of revenue - Total revenue (TR) and average revenue (AR). Note: marginal revenue is not required. Calculation of TR and AR. Objectives of firms - The influence of sales on revenue. Survival, social welfare, profit maximisation and growth. NB: You can add your school’s name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Topic: Differences in economic development between countries Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; describe economic development, explain the 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. NB: You can add your school’s name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Costs, scale of production and break-even analysis - ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Define, identify and classify costs and classify costs using examples. - Use cost data to help make simple cost-based decisions, - Describe the concepts of economies and diseconomies of scale: with examples. - 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. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Factors of Production Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Identify and define the factors of production and their rewards - Give examples of land, labour, capital and enterprise and the nature of each factor of production. Mobility of the factors of production - The influences on the mobility of the various factors. Quantity and quality of the factors of production - The causes of changes in the quantity and quality of the various factors. NB: You can add your school’s name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic:Current account of balance of payments Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Describe the structure - The components of the current account of the balance of payments – trade in goods, trade in services, primary income and secondary income. Calculation of deficits and surpluses on the current account of the balance of payments and its component sections. Reasons for deficits and surpluses. Causes of current account deficit and surplus. Consequences of current account deficit and surplus - Impact on GDP, employment, inflation and foreign exchange rate. Policies to achieve balance of payments stability - The range of policies available to achieve balance of payments stability and how effective they might be. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.