** Employment and Unemployment Part 2** Economics Work Sheet IGCSE Economics 0455 syllabus for 2020, 2021 and 2022. This is a must have Work Sheet to help you create a student-centered learning environment and build their confidence as they work towards getting ready for the school and for the IGCSE Economic examinations. It is good for Teachers and Students’ alike. Use it for more than a lesson and record some of the tasks as Continuous assessments for students. Briefly teach the topic for between **5 and 10 minutes **and then engage students with this worksheet. Students can work alone or in groups, to find answers to the tasks. They can consult with their recommended text books. With this work sheet, you can enjoy a relatively easy and relaxed learning environment in your class room while your students do their work. Content: 4.7.4 causes/types of unemployment 4.7.5 consequences of unemployment 4.7.6 policies to reduce unemployment

Employment and Unemployment - Part 1 Economics Work Sheet IGCSE Economics 0455 syllabus for 2020, 2021 and 2022. This is a must have Work Sheet to help you create a student-centered learning environment and build their confidence as they work towards getting ready for the school and for the IGCSE Economic examinations. It is good for Teachers and Students’ alike. Use it for more than a lesson and record some of the tasks as Continuous assessments for students. Briefly teach the topic for between **5 and 10 minutes **and then engage students with this worksheet. Students can work alone or in groups, to find answers to the tasks. They can consult with their recommended text books. With this work sheet, you can enjoy a relatively easy and relaxed learning environment in your class room while your students do their work. Content: 4.7.1 definition of employment, unemployment and full employment 4.7.2 changing patterns and level of employment 4.7.3 measurement of unemployment

Current account of balance of payments Part 1 Economics Work Sheet IGCSE Economics 0455 syllabus for 2020, 2021 and 2022. Content: 6.4 Current account of balance of payments The components of the current account of the balance of payments. Calculation of deficits and surpluses on the current account of the balance of payments and its component sections.

Complete Lesson. **Topic: ** Poverty Types Causes and Solutions ‘ppt’, ** IGCSE Economics syllabus. *.Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. ‘Class Activities.’ ‘Multiple Choice 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 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.‘Class Activities and Multiple Choice Questions’ ‘Answers Provided.’

A Work Sheet for the IGCSE Economics 0455 syllabus for 2020, 2021 and 2022 exam requirements. The tasks in it 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. If the need arises, let them consult their text books and discover things by themselves. You can record any part of it as assessment tests towards their examination. Objectives: The factors of production Topic 1.2.1 definitions of the factors of production and their rewards. Guidance Definitions and examples of land, labour, capital and enterprise. Examples of the nature of each factor of production. 1.2.2 mobility of the factors of production The influences on the mobility of the various factors. 1.2.3 quantity and quality of the factors of production The causes of changes in the quantity and quality of the various factors.

Work Sheet: The Nature of the Economic Problem & Factors of Production, ‘pdf.’ IGCSE Economics 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 Finite resources and unlimited wants. Economic and free goods. Definition and examples of the economic problem in the contexts of: consumers; workers; producers; and governments. The difference between economic goods and free goods. Factors of production.

A Work Sheet for the IGCSE Economics 0455 syllabus for 2020, 2021 and 2022 exam requirements. The tasks in it 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. If the need arises, let them consult their text books and discover things by themselves. You can record any part of it as assessment tests towards their examination . Objectives: 1.3.1 Opportunity cost and examples of opportunity cost in different contexts. 1.3.2 the influence of opportunity cost on decision making. Decisions made by consumers, workers, producers and governments when allocating their resources. 1.4 The Production possibility Curve (PPC)

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.

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: 1.3.2 The methods and problems of measuring business size: e.g. number of people employed, value of output, capital employed and market share. (profit is not a method of measuring business size) • Limitations of methods of measuring business size

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: 1.3.3 Why some businesses grow and others remain small: • Why the owners of a business may want to expand the business • Different ways in which businesses can grow • Problems linked to business growth and how these might be overcome • Why some businesses remain small. 1.3.4 Why some (new or established) businesses fail: • Causes of business failure, e.g. lack of management skills, changes in the business environment, liquidity problems • Why new businesses are at a greater risk of failing.

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: 1.2 Classification of businesses 1.2.1 Business activity in terms of primary, secondary and tertiary sectors: • Basis of business classification, using examples to illustrate the classification • Reasons for the changing importance of business classification, e.g. in developed and developing economies.

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. Topic: Place - Marketing Mix ‘ppt’ * IGCSE Business Studies syllabus. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. Test Yourself Questions ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Explain the term Place (distribution channels): • Advantages and disadvantages of different channels, e.g. use of wholesalers, retailers or direct to consumers • Recommend and justify an appropriate distribution channel in given circumstances‘Test Yourself Questions.’ Class Activities’ with ‘Answers.’

Complete Lesson. *Topic:*Price - marketing mix ‘ppt’, ** IGCSE Business Studies syllabus. *.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 Product. • Identify and explain the costs and benefits of developing new products • Define Brand image – Identify and explain the impact on sales and customer loyalty • Identify and explain the role of packaging • Describe the product life cycle: identify and explain the main stages and extension strategies; draw and interpret a product life cycle diagram • Demonstrate how stages of the product life cycle can influence marketing decisions, e.g. promotion and pricing decisions. ‘Class Activities’ with ‘Answers.’

Complete Lesson. *Topic:*Product - marketing mix ‘ppt’, ** IGCSE Business Studies syllabus. *.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 Product. • Identify and explain the costs and benefits of developing new products • Define Brand image – Identify and explain the impact on sales and customer loyalty • Identify and explain the role of packaging • Describe the product life cycle: identify and explain the main stages and extension strategies; draw and interpret a product life cycle diagram • Demonstrate how stages of the product life cycle can influence marketing decisions, e.g. promotion and pricing decisions. ‘Class Activities’ with ‘Answers.’

**A complete lesson. ** Marketing Competition and the Customer. , ‘ppt’ IGCSE Business Studies syllabus. *.Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Answers at the end. Lesson Objectives; At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to; 3.1 Define marketing, describe competition and the customer 3.1.1 Identify and explain the role of marketing such as: • Identifying customer needs / • Satisfying customer needs • Maintaining customer loyalty; building customer relationships 3.1.2 Identify and explain why customer/consumer spending patterns  may change / • The power and importance of changing customer needs • Why some markets have become more competitive • How business can respond to changing spending patterns and increased competition.

Market Structure Perfect Competition & Monopoly * ’ppt’ IGCSE Economics. . With these resources, 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 Competitive markets - Explain 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. • Define Monopoly markets – Explain the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of monopoly. Note: diagrams are not required. • ‘Class Activities’ ‘Keywords Study’ ‘Multiple Choice Questions’ with Answers.

**A complete lesson. ** Workforce Down-sizing, ‘ppt’ ** IGCSE Business Studies. *.Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. Lesson Objectives; At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to; Identify and explain why reducing the size of the workforce might be necessary:• Difference between dismissal and redundancy with  examples to illustrate the difference• Understand situations in which downsizing the workforce might be necessary, e.g. automation or reduced demand for products• Recommend and justify which workers to recruit/make redundant in given circumstances