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Former teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)
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Former teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)
Economics
Government intervention (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering government intervention in markets (indirect taxes, subsidies, regulations etc), used with my Year 12 students. Includes:
PowerPoint (with key words, explanations and learner activities)
Practice questions (including essay question)
Economics essay writing template
Enough for a double lesson (1h 50m).
15-lesson bundle covering the first 10 chapters of Edexcel Student Book 1 (introductory concepts, consumer behaviour and demand and supply) can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/as-level-microeconomics-bundle-edexcel-chapters-1-10-15-lessons-worksheets-12602164
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Voter behaviour and the media (12 lessons + worksheets & more)
Bundle of 12 AS Politics lessons covering voter behaviour and the media module.
Each lesson includes a PowerPoint (plus worksheets/activities):
Lesson 1: Introduction to voter behaviour
Lesson 2: ‘Typical’ party voters
Lesson 3: Political data
Lesson 4: Gender, ethnicity & education
Lesson 5: Governing competence
Lesson 6: Party manifestos
Lesson 7: 1979 general election
Lesson 8: Political advertising
Lesson 9: British politics in the 1980s & 1990s
Lesson 10: Tory sleaze
Lesson 11: Influence of the media
Lesson 12: Disillusion & apathy
Also includes a list of recommended UK politics documentaries; and a set of 35 politics revision tips.
Individual lessons (plus more Economics, Politics and Business Studies material) can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Contestability (A-level Economics)
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
Monopoly & price discrimination (A-level Economics)
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
Externalities (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering externalities, used with my Year 12 students. Includes:
PowerPoint (with explanations and learner activities)
Starter (Microeconomic definitions)
Welfare loss graph practice worksheet
Practice essay question (with mark scheme)
Essay planning template
Link to related FT article and documentary (YouTube) with task for students to apply their knowledge
Enough for a double lesson (1h 50m).
15-lesson bundle covering the first 10 chapters of Edexcel Student Book 1 (introductory concepts, consumer behaviour and demand and supply) can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/as-level-microeconomics-bundle-edexcel-chapters-1-10-15-lessons-worksheets-12602164
Oligopoly (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on oligopolies. Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Starter task (on perfect competition & monopolistic competition)
Practice questions and tables to complete
Collusion game
Link to relevant video
Practice 20-mark essay question (with planning sheet)
Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Market failure (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering market failure, used with my Year 12 students. Includes:
PowerPoint (with explanations and learner activities)
3 short past paper questions (with answers)
Link to relevant video
Article about moral hazard in banking
15-lesson bundle covering the first 10 chapters of Edexcel Economics Student Book 1 (introductory concepts, consumer behaviour and demand and supply) can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/as-level-microeconomics-bundle-edexcel-chapters-1-10-15-lessons-worksheets-12602164
Indirect tax & subsidies (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering indirect taxes & subsidies, used with my Year 12 students. Includes:
PowerPoint (with explanations and learner activities)
Starter
Graph practice
Practice questions (with answers)
Enough for a double lesson (1h 50m).
15-lesson bundle covering the first 10 chapters of Edexcel Student Book 1 (introductory concepts, consumer behaviour and demand and supply) can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/as-level-microeconomics-bundle-edexcel-chapters-1-10-15-lessons-worksheets-12602164
Monopolistic competition (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on monopolistic competition
PowerPoint includes some MCQ practice questions (with answers) to warm up with and then explains monopolistic competition - students then have to complete graph practice.
Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
R&D: new product development (A-level Business)
A-level Business Studies lesson (Cambridge) covering R&D (research and development) and new product development used with my Year 13s. Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
R&D mind map
Links to videos (R&D at Microsoft; TED Talk)
Links to relevant news articles (on UK govt funding for R&D)
Question worksheet
Essay homework question (with differentiated help grid)
The whole lot takes about 3 hours lesson time to complete.
Previous lesson on Elasticities: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12605612
More Business, Economics & Politics resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Law of diminishing marginal utility (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering the law of diminishing marginal utility used with my Year 12 students. Includes:
PowerPoint
Past paper practice question (with mark scheme)
7-lesson bundle covering chapters on consumer behaviour, demand, and supply can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12535155
8-lesson bundle for previous chapters (the economic problem; factors of production; functions of money; specialisation/division of labour; production possibility frontiers etc) is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890
Functions of the price mechanism (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering functions of the price mechanism, consumer surplus & producer surplus, used with my Year 12 students. Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Question sheet
Past paper practice question (with mark scheme)
7-lesson bundle covering chapters on consumer behaviour, demand, and supply can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12535155
8-lesson bundle for previous chapters (the economic problem; factors of production; functions of money; specialisation/division of labour; production possibility frontiers etc) is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890
Perfect competition (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on perfect competition
PowerPoint includes questions (with answers) for students to complete.
Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Monopoly, oligopoly & concentration ratios (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on market structures (pure monopoly, oligopoly & concentration ratios)
Includes:
PowerPoint (with student tasks)
Starter task
Worksheet
Essay writing template
Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Allocative efficiency (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on efficiency (allocative efficiency; productive efficiency; dynamic efficiency; x-inefficiency)
Includes:
PowerPoint (with student tasks)
Starter task
Worksheet (with graphs to complete)
Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Market equilibrium (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering market equlibrium, used with my Year 12 students. Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Question sheet
Past paper practice questions (with mark scheme)
7-lesson bundle covering chapters on consumer behaviour, demand, and supply can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12535155
8-lesson bundle for previous chapters (the economic problem; factors of production; functions of money; specialisation/division of labour; production possibility frontiers etc) is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890
Elasticities (A-level Business)
A-level Business Studies lesson on Elasticities (Income Elasticity of Demand; Advertising/promotional elasticity of Demand; Cross Elasticity of Demand) used with my Year 13 students.
Includes PowerPoint (with learner activities) and practice question worksheet (with answers).
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AS-level Microeconomics bundle: Unit 1 (Edexcel) - chapters 1-10 (15 lessons + worksheets)
Bundle of 15 lessons covering the first 10 chapters of Edexcel AS-level Economics (Student book 1).
Each lesson includes a PowerPoint (plus worksheets/activities).
Lesson 1: Introduction to Microeconomics
Lesson 2: Scarcity
Lesson 3: Opportunity cost
Lesson 4: Factors of production
Lesson 5: Production possibility frontiers
Lesson 6: Specialisation & Division of labour
Lesson 7: Functions of money
Lesson 8: Types of economy
Lesson 9: Rational decision making
Lesson 10: Demand
Lesson 11: Price elasticity of demand (PED)
Lesson 12: Income elasticity of demand (YED)
Lesson 13: Cross elasticity of demand (XED)
Lesson 14: Supply & the supply curve
Lesson 15: Price elasticity of supply (PES)
Also includes:
1-hour assessment (with mark scheme)
Student reading diary
Graph practice worksheet
Essay planner template
Selection of multiple choice questions from recent past papers
Multiple choice revision questions (AS-level Microeconomics)
Random selection of AS Economics (Unit 1) multiple choice questions (with answers) from Edexcel past papers.
I used this with my Year 12 students after finishing chapter 10 (Supply & Price Elasticity of Supply).
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A-level Microeconomics bundle: Unit 3 (Edexcel) - Business Behaviour (11 lessons + worksheets)
Bundle of 11 microeconomics lessons covering chapters 1-7 (Types & Sizes of Business; Revenue, Costs & Profit) of Edexcel A-level Economics: student book 2 (Unit 3: Business Behaviour).
Each lesson includes a PowerPoint (plus worksheets/activities):
Lesson 1: Types of Business
Lesson 2: Size of Business
Lesson 3: Business objectives
Lesson 4: Revenue
Lesson 5: Costs
Lesson 6: Costs (part 2)
Lesson 7: Short-run cost curves
Lesson 8: Internal economies & diseconomies of scale
Lesson 9: External economies & diseconomies of scale
Lesson 10: Normal & supernormal profit
Lesson 11: Costs & revenue curves
Individual lessons (plus more Economics, Politics and Business Studies material) can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael