George's Marvellous Business Studies & Economic Resources
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Please check out my quality teaching resources that cover both Business Studies and Economics. I have been a teacher for over 10 years and always aim to produce high quality worksheets, activities and presentations. I have taught both Business Studies and Economics from GCSE to A-Level. Please come back often to see my latest and greatest resources.
Please check out my quality teaching resources that cover both Business Studies and Economics. I have been a teacher for over 10 years and always aim to produce high quality worksheets, activities and presentations. I have taught both Business Studies and Economics from GCSE to A-Level. Please come back often to see my latest and greatest resources.
This lesson looks at how poverty and inequality is linked to both the earnings and poverty trap. The lesson focuses on the earnings trap, the poverty trap, the underground trap, the underground economy and the difference between equity and equality. The lesson then looks at both horizontal and vertical equity. The lesson also looks at government policies that are designed to reduce poverty. The lesson includes lots of detailed theory, diagrams, examples and tasks. I have also included a nice gap fill worksheet. I have also included a nice starter activity on the Lorenz Curve. I have also created a nice government policy matching task. The lesson concludes with past exam style questions. I have also included a fun economics Pictionary game for the topics covered in poverty and further back in the syllabus. I have also included a student version of the PPT. This lesson is perfect for looking at poverty and the distribution of income. This lesson is perfect for A-Level Economics and could also be useful for Geography and Business Studies. This is lesson 4 of 4 covering poverty and the inequality of the distribution of income.
This detailed lesson looks at government intervention in the economy. The lesson includes lots of detailed theory, examples, videos, diagrams and tasks. The lesson looks at:
* Pro-Free Market Economists VS Interventionist Economists
* The main reasons for government intervention
* Ways to correct market failure
* The forms of government intervention
Lesson Aim: Students will understand what government intervention is and how it can help / hinder an economy.
I have included a student copy of the lesson to work alongside the main PPT. I have included exam style questions and videos to help teach a tricky topic. A perfect lesson for A-Level Economics.
This lesson looks at public and private goods and how they link to market failure. The lesson includes lots of detailed theory, diagrams, examples and tasks. The lesson covers the following key theory:
* Public goods
* Quasi public goods
* Non-rivalry
* Non-excludable
Main lesson aim: Students will understand what public goods are and how they can lead to market failure if they are not properly provided.
* All Students will understand what public goods are and know a number of relevant examples.
* Most Students will understand the difference between pure public goods and quasi-public goods with relevant examples.
* Some students will know how to answer 25 mark exam questions on public goods.
The lesson starts with a fun quiz on the lesson topic. I have included a great 'Public & Private Goods in the Economy' task. The lesson then looks at a high mark exam question which includes a useful template. The lesson concludes with a nice 'You Say We Pay' game to help cover the key theory. I have also included a student copy of the PPT. This lesson is perfect for A-Level Economics.
I have included 2 separate PPT's that could help stretch this topic over two full lessons.
This detailed lesson looks at government intervention in the economy using buffer stocks. The lesson includes lots of detailed theory, examples, videos, diagrams and tasks. The lesson looks at:
Government price controls
Buffer stocks
The short-run fall in agricultural prices
Buffer stock supply and demand
Problems of buffer stocks
Lesson Aim: Students will understand the various ways a government can impose price controls including buffer stocks.
I have included a student copy of the lesson to work alongside the main PPT. I have also included a great worksheet based on the corn industry and how a buffer stock could be used. A perfect lesson for A-Level Economics.
An extension of aggregate supply theory and a detailed look at LRAS, the banking system and the labour market.
Main aim: Students will expand their theory of AS and look at how focus on detailed reason how LRAS can be impacted in an economy. Students also assess both the Classical and Keynesian view.
This lesson covers the following areas:
Re-cap on aggregate supply
Keynesian vs Classical
Aggregate Supply & the Institutional Structure of the Economy
The Labour Market & LRAS
Keynesian Economists & Wage ‘Stickiness’
The lesson includes numerous written tasks with two essay-based exam questions at the end. This lesson could easily last 2+ hours.
This detailed lesson looks at both positive and negative externalities and how they can lead to market failure. The lesson includes lots of detailed theory, examples, videos, diagrams and tasks.
Lesson Aim: Students will understand what both positive and negative externalities are and how they can lead to market failure.
I have included a student copy of the lesson to work alongside the main PPT. I have included exam style questions and videos to help teach a tricky topic. A perfect lesson for A-Level Economics.
This detailed lesson covers the key theory behind the industrial sectors, interdependence and the importance of these sectors. It includes lots of relevant examples, tasks and key theory. The lesson also teaches the main theory behind markets.
The lesson includes many fun and engaging tasks through with lots of questions and assessments to check understanding throughout.
Main Aim:
Students will understand the three main industrial sectors and how they depend on one another. Students will also learn what interdependence is and what is a market with many tasks and examples.
This detailed and engaging PPT covers the four factors of production (land, labour, capital and enterprise) and how they need to work together and often be combined. The lesson also covers how the factors of production can be improved and how this can impact firms.
The lesson includes lots of engaging tasks, key theory, homework tasks and relevant examples.
Main Aim:
Students will understand the four factors of production; Land, Labour, Capital and Enterprise. Students will also understand how the factors of production can be combined.
This lesson helps students complete many tasks linked to the Labour Market. The lesson will help retrieve and re-cap on essential theory and tasks. This is the perfect lesson to cover after teaching the labour market. The lesson also includes a detailed research / independent study task - perfect for homework.
Students will understand the key economic theory of the economic growth. Students will learn how economic growth is measured and calculated. Students will also look at GDP and GDP Per Capita. Economic growth and inflation are also touched upon. The lesson also gets students to analyse various economic growth data and how it can impact other government objectives. The lesson includes tasks, examples, worksheets and videos.
Students learn the key theory behind interest rates. The lesson looks at how interest rates can impact an economy, The lesson includes a detailed worksheet, asking students to calculate various interest rates. This lesson is perfect when teaching the financial market and monetary policy. Answer sheet included.
This lesson helps students complete many tasks linked to the financial market. The lesson will help retrieve and re-cap on essential theory and tasks. This is the perfect lesson to cover after teaching the money and the financial market. The lesson also includes a detailed research / independent study task - perfect for homework.
This detailed and engaging lesson looks at the main consequences unemployment has on the economy, individuals, the government, regions and businesses. The lesson includes a fun re-cap on the types of unemployment and how this tie into the main consequences. The lesson also reflects on any potential benefits of unemployment. The lesson includes examples, videos, activities throughout. The lesson also includes two worksheets.
A bumper selection of resources to help introduce microeconomics. The PPT covers a lot of key theory for economics and how the market works. This PPT will stretch across 2-3 lessons and will give students a great foundation for the year ahead. I have also included a useful supply and demand scenario worksheet that should be printed with 6 slides per page on a PPT and get students to fill in the new shift in either supply or demand. I have also included a simple supply and demand starter worksheet. Ideal for GCSE and AS microeconomics.
A nice lesson that covers the key theory of business partnerships. The resource includes a PPT that explains what a partnership is and the various pros and cons. I have also included theory on deed of partnerships and looked at how responsibilities are shared. The lesson also looks at typical businesses that operate as a partnership. I have also included a 10 question multiple choice quiz based on both partnerships and sole traders - this resource is perfect for a fun starter activity. This lesson is made for GCSE Business Studies students and is perfect for the Setting up a New Business unit.
A bumper lesson on a business location. The presentation looks at the various factors that influence the location of a business. The lesson also covers the difference between brownfield and greenfield sites. I have also attached a very good map task that students have loved in the past. Simply change the map on the PPT to the local area of your school and ask students to place various businesses across the map. Students are then expected to explain the reasons for their choice and refer back to the various location factors discussed in the lesson. I like to print the map in full A4 and print the different businesses in 6 slide view and get students to annotate below each business. Perfect for GCSE Business Studies.
A great lesson on calculating cash flow forecasts. This lesson introduces the key theory behind cash flow forecasts and then sets up students to complete a number of blank cash flow flows using the data provided.
A great resource that should make this finance topic easy to understand and engaging. Answers are provided for most of the worksheets. Perfect for GCSE Business Studies and could be used for AS-Level.
A bumper lesson that covers taxes. This includes theory on how taxes work and the different types of taxes in the UK. The lesson looks at how a change in taxes can impact a supply curve. The lesson looks at how both ad valorem and specific taxes work. I have included a nice supply curve task on calculating an ad valorem tax. I have included many examples.
The lesson has many exam style questions to help test students knowledge. I have also included a nice worksheet on taxes. Perfect for Economics at GCSE level.
A bumper lesson on teaching profitability ratios. The lesson clearly explains how to calculate both gross profit margins and net profit margins. The lesson explains why profitability ratios are useful and gives many clear and simple examples to explain them.
The PPT leads on to a great worksheet where students need to use their knowledge and calculate and analyse the gross and net profit margins from a number of businesses. I have also included a nice multiple choice quiz for a great lesson starter. Perfect resources for teaching finance at GCSE level, may also be useful for A-Level Business Studies.
This detailed and engaging lesson covers the key theory behind Competition. This includes the different ways competitors compete, the difference between price and non-price competition. The lesson also looks at demand and supply and how elasticities can impact competition. The lesson includes many tasks, videos and activities throughout.
Main Aim:
Students will understand competition. The lesson also covers the ways producers can compete and how elasticity and supply and demand curves impact a competitive market. The lesson includes many videos, tasks and examples.